Masala fries
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 500 g frozen oven fries I air-fried mine
- 1 tbsp oil
- 2 banana shallots/1 red onions
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 inch piece of ginger
- 1 red chilli/dried red chilli for dried, soak in boiling water for 5-10 mins. Add 2 chillies for more heat
- Half of a lemon grass stick bashed open and outer woody outer layer removed
- 3 medium tomatoes
- 0.5 tsp cumin powder
- 0.5 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp kashmiri chilli powder
- 0.5 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp chaat masala
- 1 tsp dried kasuri methi
- 2 tsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tsp honey/syrup
- 1.5 tsp salt
Instructions
Method:
- Blitz shallots, garlic, ginger, chilli and lemongrass in a processor until a thick paste, add a tbsp of water if needed to get the processor going
- Sauté this paste in oil on a medium heat, constantly stirring to prevent burning, sauté continuously for 2-3 minutes
- In the same food processor, add your tomatoes and blitz
- To your onion mix, add the blitzed tomatoes, and all the dry spices, salt, and dark soy sauce. Don't add the kasuri methi until the end.
- This will start as a runny mixture, continue to sauté until thickened to a paste consistency - roughly 10 minutes. This is the time to get your chips into the oven/air fryer.
- Once the chips have crisped up, crush your methi in your hand and add to the masala
- Add chips and toss to combine. If you didn't use lemongrass, add a squeeze of lemon
Notes
Best served immediately, I added some of my chilli oil (recipe is on my feed already) just for that added heat and texture. Alternatively sprinkle on some chaat masala and you're good to go!