Potato Smileys

Courtesy: http://www.cookingwithsiri.com/2013/05/a-copy-cat-recipe-potato-smiles-potato.html

Potato Smiles

...the potato dough ready to be rolled out into smiles..

[A Copy-Cat Recipe] Potato Smiles | Potato Smileys

Makes about 2 dozen

Ingredients:

3 large potatoes
1/4 cup coriander leaves (or use any other finely chopped herbs/greens)
4 tbsp cornflour (or use all purpose flour)
1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste
1/2 tsp (or more) red chilli powder
1/2 tsp garam masala (optional)
1/4 tsp turmeric
salt - to taste
2 tsp lemon juice
oil, for frying

Preparation:

1. Wash potatoes, cube them with skin and boil for 2 whistles in pressure cooker (or) boil in water until fork tender. Once cool, peel.

2. Mash potatoes in a bowl and add coriander leaves, cornflour, ginger garlic paste, turmeric, chilli powder, garam masala, salt and lemon juice. If the dough is too sticky, add a little more flour. Refrigerate the dough for atleast 30 mins.

3. Make small lemon sized balls, flatten and shape into a circle. Using the backside of a (clean) pencil, make two eyes and a smile with a blunt knife. Continue to do the same with rest of the dough.

Note: These can be frozen for few weeks and ready for frying. Don't thaw.

...to make the eyes, I used the back of a pencil and a blunt knife to make the smile..

4. Heat oil. Once hot, reduce it to low and fry these potato smiles few at a time, until golden brown.

.....potato smileys ready to get fried..

5. Serve immediately with ketchup or any spicy condiment.

..these are the original potato smiles from the McCain packet..mine look pretty close to them. You agree?