Batate Happolu

Fries with amchi jevan is always an integral part of it ! No jevan feels complete until you have some crunch while you are enjoying the most delicious curries & side dishes & when it is Battata happolu – there is no denying the pleasure ! And when it is homemade – the pleasure is double . So make Batata happolu “while the sun is shining “.

Here is a step by step recipe with pics shared by my dear FB friend – Chitra Shenoy akka .Thanks a ton to you for sharing the recipe & the pics!

Ingredients :-

Potato – 1kg
White rice – 3/4kg
Red chillies – 15 nos.
Hing – a chana size
Salt to taste

Method :-

Soak the rice for three hours , Then wash and grind along with the chillies to a fine batter of dosa consistency . Add the salt too and mix well .

pic courtesy – Jayalaxmi Bhat

Heat a pedavan /steaming vessel and keep the batter in it ..

Steam for about 20 minutes .

pic courtesy – Jayalaxmi Bhat

Pressure cook the potatoes for four whistles . Peel them when a little cooler . Now for the next step we need a shevai press like the one shown in the pic below .

pic – courtesy – Jayalaxmi Bhat

Add the potato pieces and press to get a smooth potato mash .

Add the potato mash to the rice batter .

Mix well and add salt if required .

Knead the dough and make small balls of it .

Now apply oil on a plastic sheet and keep in a chapati presser .

Keep the ball in between and using the presser make a flat disc

Remove it to a large sheet which you will be using to dry all the happolu

Repeat this with all the balls and keep the rolled out happolus on the sheet a little distance from each other ,

Keep under the sun until they have turned crisp without any moisture on them .

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Let cool first before you stock them in an air tight container . Take the required quantity as & when needed and deep fry to enjoy this crisp kurkuri treat !