Guest guest Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Excuse my ignorance here, but, I have seen a couple of recipes that require items to be soaked in ice-cold water, and I wondered what the purpose of that was? Thanks 2009/12/6 Darlene Saylor <diet_phobia > Indian Potato Recipes > > Ingredients : > Potato Straws > 4 large > potatoes > ice cold water > oil for frying > 1 tsp salt > ½ tsp chili > powder > ½ tsp ground cumin > ½ tsp curry powder > > Method : > > Peel > potatoes and chop into thin slices, then cut slices in matchstick > strips. > Soak in ice-cold water, then drain and dry on paper towels. > Heat > oil until it becomes very hot and fry the potato straws a handful at a > time, > until they becomes crispy and golden. > Remove with a perforated spoon and > drain well on absorbent paper. > When they are all fried sprinkle with the salt > and spices mixed together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Tony Davis <studiot wrote: > Excuse my ignorance here, but, I have seen a couple of recipes that require > items to be soaked in ice-cold water, and I wondered what the purpose of > that was? > > Thanks HI the reason to soak the potatoes in ice cold water is when we put the potatoes sticks or jullians after the ice cold water treatment then in hot oil the stiks does not stick to each other -- Regards, Tapan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Hi Tapan many thanks for that On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 18:52 +0530, tapan damania wrote: > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Tony Davis <studiot wrote: > > > > Excuse my ignorance here, but, I have seen a couple of recipes that require > > items to be soaked in ice-cold water, and I wondered what the purpose of > > that was? > > > > Thanks > > > HI the reason to soak the potatoes in ice cold water is when we put the > potatoes sticks or jullians after the ice cold water treatment then in hot > oil the stiks does not stick to each other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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