Ingredients

The following ingredients have 2 Servings
  • 4 Potatoes (large)
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • Oil (for frying)
  • 2 pinch Chaat masala (to taste)
  • Salt (to taste)
  • 1 pinch Red chili powder (to taste)

Instruction

  • Peel and rinse the potatoes. Keep the potatoes soaked in water to prevent them from turning black. Cut the potato in 4 or 5 round pieces as shown in the picture below.
  • Cut each piece into sticks.
  • Keep the potato sticks soaked in ice cold water to prevent them from turning black. Putting them in Ice cold water helps to remove the extra starch.
  • Take a vessel and heat water along with salt in it. When the water starts boiling, add the potato sticks in it.Keep the flame high and let them boil for 5 mins until they are soft.
  • After 5 minutes, turn off the flame and drain them out in a sieve placed above a bowl.
  • Now pat dry the potato sticks with a clean cloth and place them in freezer for 1 hour to cool down to get the perfect french fries. If you are in a hurry, still you can make them by drying them nicely with the tissue towel or clean cloth.
  • Heat the oil in a wok for deep frying. Take out the french fries from the freezer and drop them in hot oil. Fry them until they are light brown in color.
  • Take out the french fries on a Tissue towel to drain out excess oil and let them cool down cool for 30 minutes.
  • After this, again fry the french fries until golden brown and crispy. Take out on a tissue paper towel to remove the excess oil.
  • Sprinkle some chaat masala, red chilli powder and salt if you want to add seasoning, Your Homemade McDonald style perfect French Fries are ready to be served.