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Shivratri Vrat Recipe: Potato Fries

Fasting time arrives soon. As you gear up for the Maha Shivratri celebrations, it is time to think about the eatables as well. Fasting during Shivratri is not a very huge task since you are allowed to eat a lot of things throughout the day.

The Shivratri vrat starts early in the morning and one must eat food items like potatoes, fruits, fruit juices etc. to keep up the energy all day long. Try out this special Shivratri vrat recipe of potato fries in the morning to build up your energy stock. You just have to substitute your regular salt with the rock salt to make it suitable for the vrat.

Shivratri Vrat Recipe: Potato Fries

So, here is the Shivratri vrat recipe of potato fries to try in the morning. Take a look.

Serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • Potatoes- 4
  • Rock salt- as per taste
  • Black pepper- 1tsp
  • Oil- for deep frying
  • Coriander leaves- 2tbsp (chopped, for garnishing)

Procedure

  1. Wash and peel the potatoes and cut them into pieces like how you would for French fries.
  2. Soak them in a bowl of water to prevent them from going black.
  3. Heat the oil in a deep frying pan.
  4. Fry the potato pieces in the oil on medium flame for about 5 minutes.
  5. Wait for the potatoes to turn golden brown in colour.
  6. After that transfer the fried potatoes to a paper towel and drain the excess oil.
  7. Once the oil is drained transfer the potatoes to a plate and sprinkle the rock salt and black pepper powder on it.
  8. Mix well, garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

The crispy potato fries are ready to be served. Have these fries in the morning before starting your fast.

Story first published: Monday, February 24, 2014, 17:44 [IST]
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