Potatoes are staples for many and are used mostly in salads and baked dishes or served mashed. By thinking out of the box and adding an Asian influence to potatoes, they can be transformed into zesty fusion dishes. By adding blended dried red chillies, fried anchovies and peanuts to potatoes, a side dish that can be relished with rice is created. To balance out the heat from the chillies, a little sugar is added for a subtle sweetness amidst the zesty goodness from the chillies. This is an ideal dish to prepare in winter when that added heat is needed to kick in to suppress the chill. The crunch from this dish is derived from the fried peanuts and anchovies.
Ingredients[shopeat_button]
6 potatoes, sliced into thin wedges
6 dried red chillies, blended
50g dried anchovies
A handful of ground peanuts
1 tbsp sugar
Canola Oil
Method
- Soak and soften dried anchovies in water for 20 minutes
- Drain water and fry anchovies and peanuts till golden brown
- Remove from pan and set aside
- Fry sliced potatoes till light brown
- In the meantime, blend chopped dried chillies till nearly fine
- When potatoes are lightly browned, add blended chilli and fried peanuts and anchovies in the pan and mix thoroughly with potatoes
- Add sugar to taste and mix well
- Serve as side dish with white rice
This recipe is easy and quick to prepare and the dish is ideal to be eaten with stir fry vegetables or meat dishes with gravy. A little secret to cooking potato in this kind of dish is to soften them in microwave for about 6-8 minutes. This speeds up the frying process and avoids excessive oil from being absorbed by the potatoes.
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