Potatoes in Batter

Potatoes in batter are a popular side dish at the breakfast table in Egypt. Soft and fluffy potato on the inside encased by a gorgeous, crispy, tasty batter on the outside.

I know this sounds really silly, but the first time I heard about ‘potatoes in batter’ it made me think of someone working down in a fish and chip shop for the first time & getting totally flustered and sticking the potatoes into the batter by mistake.

Any way enough of my silly thoughts lol.

They’re really good and especially popular with children.

Ingredients

• 4 medium size potatoes peeled and cut into slices 1cm thick
• 1 cup of plain flour

For the batter

• 1 cup plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 egg
• ½ milk
• salt and pepper

• oil for frying

Method

First parboil the potatoes

Boil a kettle of water

Put the potatoes into a pan and cover with boiling water and add a good pinch of salt.

Put the pan over a medium flame and boil for 7 minutes – until the potatoes begins to soften but don’t fall apart.

Drain the water from the potatoes.

mix the batter

Put the flour for the batter into a wide bowl, add the baking powder, egg and half the milk, and mix well.

Continue adding milk and mixing until the mixture resembles thick pouring cream.

Season well with salt and pepper.

you need a bowl for flour

In another wide bowl put the other cup of flour.

heat a pan to fry your potatoes in batter

Put a frying pan over quite a high heat on the hob and pour in enough oil to cover the base of the pan to about 2cm deep.

When the oil becomes hot and begins to sizzle it’s time to prepare the potato slices.

prepare your battered potatoes for the pan

Put the bowls in a line 1. flour 2. batter  followed by 3.the frying pan.

Take the potato slices one at a time and first dip it into the flour and coat them thoroughly.  Then dip them into batter.

Gently lower them into the hot oil.

Don’t over-crowd the pan, only put a few slices in at a time.

Cook the potato for a few minutes on one side and then flip them to cook the other side.

fry your ‘potatoes in batter’ until golden brown and crispy

When they are golden brown, use a slotted spoon to remove them from the pan and put them on to a plate with kitchen roll to drain any oil.  Keep them warm until they‘re all ready.

Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper before serving.

Enjoy!