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Amchoor Home Fries

Awesome, dead easy recipe for potatoes fried with dried mango powder, or Amchoor.

I found the recipe in my favorite cookbook, The Best Recipes in the World. The Amchoor powder is a souring agent that doesn’t lose its bite when cooked. I buy it at the Indian section at Global Foods in Kirkwood, my favorite grocery store when I want something ethnic.

• cut up 3 baking potatoes into ~1 inch cubes
• chop up a medium onion
• boil the potatoes
• melt 2 tbsp butter in a fry man, medium hate
• jack up the heat to medium high and add the potatoes
• leave ‘em still for awhile so they brown, then carefully turn them over
• after both sides are brown, add the chopped onion
• cover with a lid or some aluminum foil to soften the onions
• once the onions are soft, add 2 teaspoons of amchoor, 1 teaspon of garam masala and a bit of cayenne pepper
• carefully stir to coat the potatoes and onions with the spices
• you’re all done!

© 2008 Nathan Verrill.