Recipe of Chilli Potato - How to Make Chilli Potato at Home

In the Chilli Potato Recipe discussed below, we have also included the step of how to make Chilli Potato Sauce. In the description below of how to Make Chilli Potato at home, we have tried our best to keep the steps very simple, so that even a beginner can prepare this dish easily for the first time in their home.

How to Make Chilli Potatoes - Recipe to Make Chilli Potato

Ingredients Used in Chilli Potato Recipe

A)  Ingredients Used in Recipe of Chilli Potato (For Frying & Making Chilli Potatoes)

1) Potatoes – 2 of Medium size

2) White Flour – 1 Teaspoon

3) Rice Flour – 1 Tablespoon

4) Kashmiri Chilli Powder/Paprika – 1 Teaspoon

5) Salt – 1/4^th Teaspoon

6) White Oil – 1 cup

7) Cold Water – 3 to 4 cups

B)  Ingredients Used in Recipe of Chilli Potato (For Making Chilli Potato Sauce)

1) Soya Sauce – 1 Teaspoon

2) Chilli Sauce/Red Chilli paste – ½ Teaspoon

3) Tomato Sauce – 2 Tablespoons

C) Ingredients Used in Recipe for Chilli Potato (Miscellaneous/Others)

1) White Oil – 2 Tablespoons

2) Garlic Cloves (Chopped) – 8 to 9 Cloves in number

3) Onion (Chopped) – 1 of large size

4) Capsicum – 2 in number

5) Green Chilli – 1 in number

6) Chilli Powder (Optional) – ½ Teaspoon (Kashmiri Chilli Powder preferable)

7) Salt – ½ teaspoon or as per taste

8) Sugar – 2 Teaspoons

9) Vinegar (Red Colour) – 1 Teaspoon

10) Sesame seed – 1 Teaspoon

11) Spring Onions/Cabbage (According to personal preference) – ½ cup finely chopped

12) Water - 3 Tablespoons

13) Cornflour – 1 Tablespoon

How to Make Chilli Potato at Home

Initial Preparation of Vegetables in Chilli Potato Recipe

• Initially peel the potatoes properly and wash them thoroughly under tap water. Cut the potatoes into two halves, cutting them longitudinally and then again cut each half, into longitudinally 1cm wide pieces.

• Now take 3 to 4 cups of very cold water in a deep vessel container and dip the potato pieces into that water, for at least half an hour. In the meantime, cut the garlic cloves into small pieces and keep them on a plate. In the same way, cut the onion into small pieces.
• Slit Green Chilli longitudinally into two portions. Cut Capsicum in the same way as potatoes has been cut and keep them aside.

How to Make Chilli Potato Sauce

• Now in a small bowl, take 2 tablespoons Tomato Sauce. To this, mix 1 teaspoon Soya Sauce and ½ teaspoon Chilli Sauce or Chilli Paste all together along with a little water (approximately 2 tablespoons). Mix the components uniformly and keep this sauce aside.

Chilli Potato Preparation in Recipe for Chilli Potato (Using Ingredients in Table A)

• After dipping the Potato pieces in water for half an hour take them out from the water and to make it dry, keep them on a spread clean and dry newspaper, under the fan. Once the extra moisture evaporates from the potato pieces, then transfer them to a bowl.
• Mix 1 teaspoon white flour, 1 teaspoon Kashmiri Chilli powder/Paprika, and 1 tablespoon rice flour with 1/4^th teaspoon salt nicely, then spread this dry mixture on the potato pieces and mix them evenly and gently, so that potato pieces would get coated nicely, with this dry powder mixture.

How to make Chilli Potato Crispy & Dry

Initial Frying of Potatoes & Making it Crispy

• Now put a non-stick Karahi on a low medium flame burner, add 1 cup oil to the Karahi and allow it to get warm. Next put the powder-coated potato pieces (4 to 5 pieces) in the hot oil, but the point to be noted is that potato pieces should not get overcrowded in the Karahi and they should get enough space between them for frying in the Karahi. Stir the contents after 1 to 2 minutes.
• Once the Potato pieces start to change the color and become crispy then take them out from the oil and with the help of a slotted spoon and keep them on a plate. Like this fry all the potato pieces and keep them aside.

Addition of Components Mentioned in Ingredients Table – C

• Next remove all the oil from the Karahi, leaving only just 2 tablespoons of oil in it. Now add 1 teaspoon of Sesame seed in the hot oil and fry it a little. Later add chopped Garlic Cloves pieces in the oil.
• Stir the contents and after 1 minute add chopped onion pieces and sauté it tills it becomes glossy and then add slitted Green Chilli into the Karahi and stir it for 1 to 2 times and then add Green Capsicum pieces along with salt.
• Stir the components for at least 2 minutes and then add the sauce mixture (previously prepared) along with sugar into the contents present in the Karahi. Mix all the components uniformly and allow them to cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
• Make a mixture of 1 tablespoon cornflour, 3 tablespoons water, and 1 teaspoon vinegar and transfer itto the Karahi having components described earlier. If anybody likes a hotter taste then they can add ½ teaspoon chilli powder in it and mix it properly (otherwise it is not required).
• Add chopped spring onion/Shredded Cabbage pieces to the contents in Karahi (here we have used only Spring Onion and not Cabbage pieces) and mix them uniformly to the previous contents.

• Stir the contents 2 to 3 times and then add fried potato pieces, which we have made earlier and mix it to the mixture present in the Karahi and mix all the components uniformly.
• Chilli Potato Crispy and Dry is now ready for consumption. So, shift the contents to a serving bowl and serve hot as if it becomes cold, the crispiness of the preparation would be lost. We hope all those who wanted to know how to make Chilli Potato Crispy & Dry variety have got a satisfactory reply to their question.

How to Make Chilli Potato Gravy

• Some people may like to take their Chilli Potato in a gravy form rather than the crispy and dry variety described earlier. However, in contrast to the Chilli Potato Crispy & dry variety described earlier which can also be taken as a starter, the Chilli Potato gravy variety is almost always taken as a side dish to the main course.
• Here it would be important to mention that Chilli Potato Gravy Recipe is very much like the Chilli Potato Recipe used for the preparation of the crispy and dry variety described earlier with only a subtle difference being present, which is described below.
• The only notable difference in Chilli Potato Gravy Recipe is that in the step,described in bold letters above i.e. describing where a mixture of 1 tablespoon cornflour, 3 tablespoons water and 1 teaspoon vinegar was made in the (crispy and dry variety); add 1 cup of water instead of 3 tablespoons of water. Also, mix salt according to personal taste. The rest of the steps in Chilli Potato Gravy Recipe stay the same as before.
• This brings us to the end of Chilli Potato Gravy Recipe, and the final dish should be served hot along with the main course consisting of Rice, Paratha or Chapati.

Some Tips to Get Best Result for Chilli Potato Recipe

• Chilli powder, Sugar, and Vinegar – which are mentioned in the ingredients can be added or reduced in amount or can be avoided according to personal preference of taste.
• Recipe of Chilli Potato gives the best result when the final dish is served hot as it helps in maintaining the crispiness of the dry preparation.
• The Potato pieces should be fried on low flame so that the potato pieces get cooked from the inside and become crispy.

Chilli Potato Gravy can be served as a combo dish with Veg Pulao to make it a complete meal instead of using it as a starter dish.

People get confused between Dry Chilli Potato and Potato Wedges generally. These two are different dishes.