Fried Potates and Sour Cream

This is one of my favorite meals. One may think that having such amounts of cream could be incredibly heavy, but the tartness from the lemon counters the richness of the cream.

I don't even require anything on the side when I have fried potatoes and sour cream! Although, you could serve it with roast chicken. That's what the family generally does.

Ingredients -

• 4 medium sized Potatoes
• 150ml cream, chilled
• 1 1/2 tbsp Lemon juice
• 2 Green Chilies, finely chopped
• 1tbsp finely chopped Spring Onion
• 1tsp Mixed Herbs (optional)
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• Oil, for deep frying

The trick to getting potatoes that are crisp on the outside but soft and fluffy on the inside is to fry hot potatoes! So, boil and peel the potatoes and slice each one in half. Heat oil in a deep wok, fry the potato halves in batches of three or four; till they are lovely and golden on all sides.

Add the lemon juice to the cream and whisk until the cream forms hard peaks. Stir in the remaining ingredients.

Serve the hot potatoes with dollops of the cold cream.