Schezwan Potatoes

Schezwan Potatoes is an amazing spicy and tangy Indo-Chinese Recipe. The Schezwan pepper is commonly used in schezwan dishes. Schezwan pepper has an intensely fragrant, citrus-like flavour and produces a “tingly-numbing” sensation in the mouth.

Schezwan Potatoes

Ingredients (2-3 servings)

For Potatoes-

• Potatoes – 3
• Cornflour – 3 tbsp
• Salt – to taste
• Pepper – to taste
• Oil – for shallow frying

For Schezwan Gravy-

• Green chillies – 1 (slit)
• Garlic – 3 tsp (chopped)
• Ginger – 1½ tsp (chopped)
• Onion – ½ cup (finely chopped)
• Schezwan Sauce – 2 tbsp
• Red Chillies – 2
• Soya Sauce – 2 tsp
• Water/Veg Stock – 4-6 tbsp
• White Vinegar – ½ tsp
• Cornflour – 1 tbsp (mixed in 2 tbsp water)
• Salt – to taste
• Black Pepper – to taste
• Sugar – 1 tsp
• Spring Onions – ¼ cup (to garnish)
• Oil – 1 tbsp + for frying

Method

Preparing the potatoes:

1. Cut the potatoes in wedges. Keep them in cold water for 30 mins.
2. Boil in enough water till ¾th cooked.
3. Drain and add cornflour, salt and pepper. Mix well.
4. In a kadai heat oil and fry the potatoes till crisp and golden.

Preparing the gravy:

1. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a kadai. Add onions, green chillies, ginger and garlic and stir fry on a high heat for a 1-2 minutes.
2. Add red chillies and stir fry for 1-2 minutes.
3. Add soya sauce, schezwan sauce, vinegar, salt, black pepper and sugar.
4. Stir and then add water or veg stock and let the sauce come to a boil.
5. Add the cornflour paste and simmer for 4-5 minutes or till the the sauce begins to thicken.
6. Now add the fried potatoes and toss them well in the sauce.
7. Garnish with spring onions greens/chillies.
8. Serve the schezwan potatoes hot with veg fried rice, veg hakka noodles or with any type of bread of your choice.

NOTE:-

1. In place of schezwan sauce we can use red chilli sauce/ red chilli paste/ red chilli-garlic sauce.
2. In place of normal potatoes we can take 10-12 baby potatoes.

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