Szechuan Potatoes

Name: Szechuan Potatoes
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 people
Ingredients: 250 g (approx. 24) baby potatoes ((boiled)); 1 large bell pepper (capsicum) ((cut into ½ inch pieces)); 3–4 garlic cloves ((crushed)); 1 Tbsp vinegar; 1 Tbsp chilli sauce; 1–1½ Tbsp soy sauce; 2–1½ Tbsp tomato ketchup; ¼ tsp white pepper; 2 Tbsp oil; Oil for deep frying; 60 g plain flour; ½ tsp salt; ¼ cup water to make a thick coating batter

Szechuan Potatoes

Spicy coated potatoes perfect for any occasion.

Cook Time

30 – 60 minutes

Servings

people

Ingredients

250 g (approx. 24) baby potatoes (boiled)
1 large bell pepper (capsicum) (cut into ½ inch pieces)
3–4 garlic cloves (crushed)
1 Tbsp vinegar
1 Tbsp chilli sauce
1–1½ Tbsp soy sauce
2–1½ Tbsp tomato ketchup
¼ tsp white pepper
2 Tbsp oil
Oil for deep frying

Batter

60 g plain flour
½ tsp salt
¼ cup water to make a thick coating batter

Cook Time

30 – 60 minutes

Servings

people

Ingredients

250 g (approx. 24) baby potatoes (boiled)
1 large bell pepper (capsicum) (cut into ½ inch pieces)
3–4 garlic cloves (crushed)
1 Tbsp vinegar
1 Tbsp chilli sauce
1–1½ Tbsp soy sauce
2–1½ Tbsp tomato ketchup
¼ tsp white pepper
2 Tbsp oil
Oil for deep frying

Batter

60 g plain flour
½ tsp salt
¼ cup water to make a thick coating batter

Instructions

Heat oil for deep frying.
Dip the potatoes in the batter (as above) and deep fry till golden brown and keep aside.
In a saucepan, heat 2 Tbsp. oil, and sauté garlic till light brown.
Remove the pan from the heat and add the vinegar, soy sauce, ketchup, chilli sauce and season with salt and pepper.
Return to heat and cook for 30 seconds on low fire.
Add the bell pepper (capsicum) pieces and stir-fry for 1 - 2 minutes.
Add the potato balls and mix thoroughly till coated and potatoes are heated through.

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“Health is the greatest blessing. Without it, man cannot do even the lightest work. Health is an indispensable requisite for progress in material, moral, political, economic, artistic and spiritual fields of life. Food habits are of primary importance when health has to be secured and maintained. When these are not regulated, health suffers. ‘No restraint, no success’ is the axiom. Restraint, controls, limits have to be observed at every step. One should restrain the wild adventures of the tongue.

Among the eight million four hundred thousand species of living beings, all except humans live on food as provided by Mother Nature. Man alone strives to make such food more palatable, more attractive to the senses of sight, touch and smell by boiling, frying and freezing and mixing, grinding and soaking. The consequence of this greed is ill-health and debility.

One should realise that food materials, as offered by nature, are really more beneficial. When heat is applied, they lose the vitality yielding components and cannot comer strength and efficiency. The person ages fast and loses the sprightliness of youth. Catering to the cravings of the tongue and swallowing heavy foods three or four times a day can only add to the heap. Regular and limited intakes alone can enable a person to discharge one’s duties.”

SSS 15:54 – 20.11.1982

Szechuan Potatoes

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