Hashbrowns are typically eaten with toast and omlette for breakfast or lunch. It can also be eaten as an evening snack. But have you ever thought of making them at home from scratch? It is unbelievably simple to make. Here's how it's done.
-Peel and grate a medium sized potato (5 min. approx)
-In the mean time, heat up a pan on the stove with about an eighth of an inch thick (3mm) layer of cooking oil on a medium or medium-high heat.
-Take a handful of the peeled and grated potatoes, squeeze them between your palms to drain out the excess moisture/water and form a patty. Repeat the process for the rest. (5 min. approx.)
-Carefully lay the patties on the heated pan. They won't disintegrate unless you disturb them too much. Let them sit on the pan for about 1.5-2min on one side. Flip them gently and repeat the same for the other side. They should become crisp and golden brown on both sides (4-5 min approx)
-Take them out and lay them on a paper towel to drain some oil. Sprinkle salt and pepper and you are good to go.
Eating them with ketchup is a classic. It tastes great with salsa too.
General frying tips: Whenever you are frying something (deep/shallow), if it gets brown very fast on the outside and remains uncooked inside, your oil is too hot. If it gets more oily than usual, your oil not hot enough.
Frying tips for the hollow-heads: Please exercise caution when cooking with oil. If not, you will definitely exercise caution from the time after that ;)
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Mani if you don't mind, a small twist to the recipe. Grate a little bit of garlic and chop up some basil leaves and mix with the potatoes. Also you can try mustard instead of ketchup... happy experimenting :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Karthik for your suggestion. I am sure it will ramp up the taste by a notch.
ReplyDeleteI also cook hashbrowns by adding some shredded carrots, parsnips and garlic. Add some flour or pancake mix to hold the veggies together.If you are in the mood for a little treat you can replace oil with butter.
ReplyDelete@ sukku i am ok with the veggies but not the butter. ;) but anyway for some flavour have a mix of cooking grade olive oil and butter..
ReplyDeleteHashbrowns!! Hm.. Yummy Yummy!! Nice simple procedure, though it is always easier said than done :)
ReplyDeleteHasbrowns, for BREAK-FAST, can, as far as possible, be avoided for 2 reasons!!
1. It is a potato DISH
2. It is OILY :) :)
[Coz, morning is the only time when people get to stuff their bellies less :P}
For all those HOLLOW HEADS around, OIL management is something that get never inured onto their bloods!! They FLOP, FLOP and ultimately keep FLOPPING.. No renaissance :)
But once you learn this OIL management during cooking, you are the KING of Stoves!! :) :) You get so dexterous that you can even go upto the extent of frying Hashbrowns parallely attending a phone call, msging a friend & cooking another OIL dish on the adjacent stove all at the same STATE and QUANTUM of TIME :) !!
Regards
Ravi
In the US, it is very common to eat this for breakfast or lunch. Like in south India, we have poories served for breakfast in most of the places.
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