Spicy Aloo Twisters

I am extremely happy and excited to share this simple yet amazing Aloo Twisters recipe with you.

Guys, I tried this recipe before lockdown at a street vender ( just like hotdogs in NYC street or Maggie with view in Manali). Ever since i tried it, deep down inside i wanted to learn this recipe and make lots of aloo twisters. Now Because of lockdown and resections ( here in INDIA), we cant get hold of Street food, So i took this opportunity to learn and share this amazing recipe with you all on Instructables.

Aloo Twister more commonly knows as Potato Twister is a very popular street food snack, that can be easily prepared with very few ingredients. ( Aloo more commonly known as Potato). It is super fun and super easy to make. I promise you will enjoy this flavorful and spicy delight.

Lets start making our favorite Aloo Twisters!

Nutritional Facts:

• Carbs 65 g
• Dietary Fiber 7 g
• Sugar 1 g
• Fat 45 g
• Saturated 33 g
• Trans 2 g
• Protein 42 g
• Sodium 3530 mg
• Cholesterol 70 mg
• Vitamin A 20 %
• Calcium 42 %

Ingredients:

• 3-4 Potatoes.
• 1/4 cup Corn flour.
• 1/4 cup All purpose flour.
• 1/2 tbsp Salt.
• 1/2 tbsp Red chili powder.
• 1/2 tbsp Chat masala.
• Oil.
• 12" Bamboo Skewers.

Tools:

• Spiral Potato Cutter.
• Air Fryer / Deep Fryer / Deep Fry pot.

Spline the potato into spiral using Spiral tool, link to which can be found in Supplies.

Follow these Steps to use the spiral tool:

1. Add the plastic spiral tool into Skewers facing pointed side up.
2. Push the potato inside the metal skewers.
3. Fit the white locking device and fix the potato.
4. Rotate the cutter to make spiral cutting like tornado.
5. Remove the metal skewer and carefully transfer it to 300mm bamboo sticks. ( we will fry potatoes on stick! )
6. Suspend the ends of potato spiral to make sure it doesn't come loose while frying. ( Entire twister will be fried along with stick.)

Alternatively, you can use Knife to make the potato twisters. You can find a video demonstration of the same below:

In a bowl add the following ingredients to make a thick and nice batter which will basically enhance the taste of potato twisters!

1. Take 1/4th cup all purpose flour.
2. 1/4th cup corn flour.
3. ½ teaspoon chat masala.
4. 1 ½ teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder.
5. Salt as per taste.
6. Gradually add ½ cup of water and make a smooth batter.

Our batter is ready to please our taste buds!

Evenly coat the tornado with the batter from all the sides. This step will embed the spicy and delicious flavor inside the potato and will please your taste buds after frying! Do this with all the potatoes.

(If the Batter isn't sticking perfectly or the coat is too thing, try adding more Corn flour to the batter and recoat, this will help grip better).

• In a big pan heat oil.
• Once the oil is medium hot, put the prepared tornados into the oil and let it fry for 5 mins on each side till they’re nice golden brown and crispy.
• Once they are done, take them out on a paper towel.

(Alternatively, you can also use Air frier or Electric Deep fry pan.)

This is an customizable step. You can season it according to your liking. I’m going to tell you my favorite seasoning.

In a bowl mix the following spices.

1. 1 teaspoon of red chili powder.
2. 1 teaspoon of roasted cumin powder.
3. 1 teaspoon of Chili Flakes.
4. 1 teaspoon of Oregano.
5. Mix this very well & dust it on the fried potato tornados.

(You can season it with anything you like, cheese powder, chaat masala, peri peri. Everything goes very well with this. Also you can add Mayonnaise to even enhance the taste, which i did and trust me it tastes soo much better.)

Tadaa! Our potato twisters are ready.

Final Thoughts on this Homemade Potato Twisters?

• It's just like the one at your favorite Street Vender.
• It's easy to make at home with basic pantry ingredients.
• Tastes great with Tomato Ketchup, Mayonnaise, Szechwan sauce.
• Goodness of Street Food right in your comfort and hygiene of your home!

I had so much fun making this aloo twisters at home. The thing with potato twisters is that once you get the hang of it, you would never go to street venders. Serve it hot with Tomato Ketchup or Mayonnaise or Szechwan sauce. Tastes amazing with French Fries.

If you made it, don't forget to share your version in "I made it" i am excited to see what flavors your twisters tune into!

Thank you for reading!