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Sweet potato wafer | sweet potato French fries | how to make crispy wafer

Author Nehas Cook Book
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Dry namkeen, Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 1 box

Ingredients
 

  • 1 kg sweet potatoes
  • Oil for deep frying
  • Salt
  • Red chilli powder

Instructions

  • Wash and peel the sweet potatoes.

For sweet potato wafer

  • Heat oil in a pan, hold the wafer slicer above it and make thinly slice chips into the oil.
  • In a bowl, add salt and water. mix well and add salted water to hot oil.
  • Fry the wafer on medium heat, till it is slightly crispy.
  • Remove fried chips from the sieve.
  • Serve or store sweet potato chips in an airtight container.

For sweet potato French fries

  • Make a two-part of sweet potato. Now make 1 cm thick slices or to the size required.
  • Wash slices with cold water. this helps to get rid of excess starch from sweet potato and makes fries crispy.
  • Dry fries with kitchen towel.
  • Deep fry directly in medium hot oil till it softens and cooks the sweet potatoes through.
  • Cool the fried potatoes completely.
  • In the second fry, fry on high flame till sweet potatoes turn brown and crispy.
  • Drain the fries into wire racks once they are golden brown.
  • Sprinkle salt, red chilli powder or spices of your choice on French fries.
  • Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Notes

  • keep peeled sweet potatoes in water, so they will not turn black.
  • salted water absorbs moisture from sweet potato wafers and makes them crisp.
  • fry wafers on medium flame.
  • For French fries, wash fries with cold water to remove starch from them.