Potato Smileys
Potato smileys are golden and crispy potato snacks made with potato mash and a few choice seasonings, shaped as the emoji of a smiley.
Ingredients
- 4-5 Potatoes large
- 1/4 cup Corn Starch
- 1 tsp Onion Powder
- ½ tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Salt and Pepper
- ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
- 2 cups Cooking Oil for frying
Instructions
- The first step is to boil the potatoes. You can pressure cook the potatoes for 2-3 whistles and allow it to cool down. You can also boil the potatoes until they have reached a consistency where they are mashable - this will take 20 minutes.
- Once the potatoes have cooled, peel the skin and add them to a bowl. Mash them until they have no lumps.
- Next, add all the seasonings you've chosen. In this recipe, I have used onion powder, garlic powder, turmeric powder, salt and pepper. Add the corn starch as well.
- Mix well and make it into a smooth dough. It should look like smooth potato dough.
- Next, take the dough on a clean surface for rolling. With the help of a rolling pin, roll the potato mash until they are about and an 1-1.5 inches thick.
- With the help of a cookie cutter or a small bowl, carve out the circular disks. For the eyes, use a straw and make two holes. For the shape of the mouth, use a spoon and punch in the smile. Remove the excess dough and keep the potato smileys aside. You can use the excess dough to make more smileys. When you reach the last few bit of dough, you can hand shape the circular disks.
- Place the prepared smileys in the freezer for a minimum of 30 minutes.
- Place a pan/ kadai on a medium flame and pour the cooking oil. Depending on the size of your kadai, you can either increase or decrease the quantity of oil. (If you are looking at other ways of cooking the potato smileys, please refer to the earlier sections of this blog post)
- Once the oil is warm, add the semi frozen potato smileys in the oil. Once they are golden on one side, flip to the other side and fry them until golden.
- Remove them from the oil and drain excess oil on a kitchen tissue paper.
- Serve your Potato Smileys with ketchup or a dip of your choice.