Secret To Perfect Fries

We love, love, love fries! You got a party? FRIES! You got sudden uninvited guests? FRIES! Going McDonald's? Get me a burger with FRIES!
Fries are very tasty and filling, although not that much healthy. (but who cares unless they taste good? Right? ;) ). They seem very easy to prepare and they are, but some of us always complaint that we get soggy fries or they are not like those we get in McDonald's. Now why is that? Are we doing something wrong? But how can frying a potato go wrong? It CAN go wrong. Normally people cut a potato roughly with different sizes of slices and just throw them up in the oil and when they are done they take them out. Sounds right? I don't think so.  So what's the problem here? YOU GET SOGGY FRIES!
Well, for perfect (spot on!) fries the first trick is to cut the potato slices thick and of equal sizes so that every slice takes equal time for frying.

After cutting them,  put the slices in cold water so that all the starch of the potato drains out and you get crisp fries. After the water turns milky take those slices out on a kitchen towel and slowly pat them to soak extra moisture. Now, when they are all dried up, just fry them! Are they ready? No! Now the second trick here is to double fry those fries. On the first go, fry them just enough on medium heat, that they break easily. Take the fries out and put them on the kitchen towel again and then after 3-4 minutes fry them again on high heat. 

Your fries are ready and tastes as good as the frozen one's. Now comes my favorite part- EATING! You can sprinkle salt and if you want to "Indian-ise" our "French" fries  just sprinkle some garam masala and dry mango powder on the top of it. I promise, the Indian-ised version will taste much better.

  

It's not  it to the fries, its like an empty canvas, make whatever you can out of it. Add some really delicious toppings and make it your own! I'll be sharing some of these recipes too. But you've got to be patient! ;)

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