Potato Smiley | Mccain Style Potato Smiles
Kid's all time favourite potato based snack with a smiley face.
Servings 30 Smileys
Calories 160kcal
Ingredients
- 300 grams Potato or 5-6 medium size potato
- 2 tablespoon Cornflour
- 3 tablespoon Breadcrumbs
- ½ teaspoon Chilli powder
- ½ teaspoon Pepper Powder
- ¾ teaspoon Salt or as required
- 1 pinch cooking soda ,optional
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Take 300 grams of potato ,wash clean and boil.Peel the skin and grate the potatoes to get around 2 cups
- In a large mixing bowl take grated potatoes , add 3 tablespoon bread crumbs, 2 tablespoon corn flour, ½ teaspoon chilli powder , ½ teaspoon pepper powder, pinch cooking soda and salt to taste.
- Combine all the ingredients and mix well .Knead well to form a soft non sticky dough.
- Cover and refrigerate for minimum 30 minutes or till use .This step is important because it helps smiley to retain its shape while frying in oil.
- Now take dough ,knead well and pinch a large ball sized prepared potato dough .
- On a butter paper , flatten potato dough using hands. Now using a rolling pin roll potato dough slightly thick .
- Using a cookie cutter or any round mould make round shapes on dough. For making eyes , use straw and spoon to make smile .
- For baking : Preheat the oven , grease the oven tray , brush potato smiles with oil and bake in preheated oven for 20-22 minutes or till it turns golden and crisp
- Deep Frying : Heat oil in a frying pan and deep fry potato smiles on medium heat, fry on both sides till golden brown.
- Finally, serve potato smiley with mayonnaise and tomato sauce.
Notes
- Make sure that potatoes are not overcooked .
- Add more breadcrumbs ,if there is moisture in the prepared dough.
- Main key for getting potato smiley is ,it shouldn't have moisture in the dough.
- Refrigerating the potato dough is very important ,this prevents potato smiles from breaking while frying in oil.
Nutrition
Calories: 160kcal