Garlic French Fries

Preparation Time: 20 min
Cooking time :30 min
Yield : serves  5

Ingredients:
potatoes (big): 3
Oil for deep frying
garlic cloves 2
butter 1 tsp.
salt to taste
cilantro 5 sprigs (chopped)
pepper powder  for sprinkling

Method:
wash the potatoes and peel them  and keep them in water
cut the potatoes lengthwise into 1/2 inch pieces
cut these pieces into thin strips
put them on a paper towel
cut all the potatoes in the same way and place them on paper towel
heat oil in a wok and add the potato strips and fry them till they are crispy
drain them on a paper towel
peel the garlic and mince them
heat an another frying pan  add the butter and fry the garlic mince
add the fries and saute them for a min.
switch off the stove and garnish with chopped cilantro and pepper powder


Note:
these fries can be made without deep frying
Preheat the oven to 400*F
take a non stick baking sheet and apply  1tsp.butter to it
place the potato strips in a single layer on the non stick baking sheet and coat the potato fries with 1tbsp.  of olive oil
place the baking sheet in the oven for 10 min
turn the fries and bake them for another 15 min.
turn off the oven and cool the fries on a cooling rack
in a pan ,heat butter and add garlic mince and when it turns a little brown add the fries and saute them for a min.
garnish with chopped cilantro
enjoy them without the guilt of oil