Kentang Goreng Berlada (Spicy Fried Potatoes)

Kentang Goreng Berlada

If you have dried anchovies lying around your pantry, you can make this potato recipe as 1,2,3. This spicy dish is great to enjoy with just warm rice because it is full of flavor and make you feel full easily. This is a great recipe for lunch box or for those with limited time for cooking. You can also prepare this ahead of time and consume this for up to a week.

Ingredients

4 potatoes 
2 onion (sliced thinly)
1 cup dried anchovies
1 teaspoon tamarind paste (mix with 1/4 cup of water)
salt
sugar

Blended

3 dried chilli (soaked in hot water until soften)
4 red chilli
4 bird's eye chilli
3 shallots or 1 onion
2 garlic cloves
1/2 teaspoon shrimp paste (optional)
1/4 cup water

Cooking Instructions

1. Peel skin off potatoes and cut into wedges
2. Rinse anchovies with clean water and drain thoroughly to avoid oil from splatter when frying
3. In a wok or fryer, heat oil and fry potatoes until soft and anchovies until crispy (You can also fry tempe, cut into small cubes and add as another ingredients for this recipe)
4. In a clean pan, add a tablespoon of oil and saute blended ingredients until fragrant before adding sugar and tamarind. Mix well
5. Let chilli cook until it starts to change color and oil starts to separate
6. Add onion and stir until onion soften
7. Add fried potatoes and anchovies as well as salt and sugar to your taste. Remember that dried anchovies is quite salty depends on where you get it from.
8. Stir for another a minute or two and turn off the heat
9. Spicy Fried Potatoes DONE