Spicy French Fries Recipe | Spicy French Fries Recipe

Last updated on: June 27, 2026 by Aarthi

Spicy French Fries Recipe with step by step pictures. Forget your usual fries and make these delicious, crispy and spicy potatoes. Coat the potatoes with spice powders, chili peppers and rice flour to create a crispy exterior. Fry the curry leaves until crispy and top with the fries.

Spicy French Fries Recipe

Still, if you make fries the old fashioned way, you have to try this version. These are my spicy fries that are coated in flour and masala spices. It creates a crispy exterior when fried and tastes simply amazing.

About spicy fries

Traditional fries are just potato sticks fried in oil. Although it seems easy, you need to prepare the potatoes a certain way to get crispy, textured potatoes.

Some steps include blanching the potatoes, cooling them, putting them in the refrigerator or freezer, and then frying them. Some recipes even call for double frying for an ultra crispy texture. Check out my Crispy Roast Potatoes.

But this spicy fries recipe is simple and straightforward. You need to coat the potatoes with spice powders, rice flour and gram flour. This flour coating creates the crispy texture and stays crispy longer.

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Ingredients

• Potatoes – choose potatoes that are good for frying like red potatoes. Peel the potatoes, cut them into sticks, wash them well until excess starch is washed away.
• Spice powders – I used a combination of Kashmiri chilli powder, coriander and turmeric.
• Flour coating – use chickpea flour and rice flour to coat the potatoes. This creates a crispy texture. You can also use cornstarch.
• Oil – I used sunflower oil for frying. Any oil with a neutral taste is best.

Step by step photos

1) Take the potatoes, remove the skin using a vegetable peeler.

2) Cut each potato into the shape of fries.

3) Take the potatoes in a colander and rinse them well until all the starches are removed.

4) Place the drained potatoes in a mixing bowl.

4) Add salt, msg.

5) Add all the spice powders. I use Kashmiri red chilli powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder. You can use any spices you like.

6) Add the rice flour and chickpea flour.

7) Sprinkle a little water and mix well. The spices and flour should evenly coat the potatoes.

8) Place the potatoes in the hot oil and fry until golden brown.

9) Once fried, drain the potatoes in a bowl.

10)Now in the same oil add curry leaves and keep back. Because the curry leaves will splatter. Make sure your curry leaves do not contain water.

11)Now the curry leaves are super crispy.

12) Drain the curry leaves using a slotted spoon and add them to the fries. mix gently.

13) Serve immediately.

Expert advice

• Choose large potatoes. Peel the potatoes and cut them into the shape of medium fries.
• Spice powders like cumin, pepper, chat masala can be used.
• Instead of rice flour, you can use cornstarch for a crunchy texture.
• Crushed ginger garlic paste can be mixed with the potatoes.

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Spicy Fries Recipe (Spicy Fries)

Spicy French Fries Recipe with step by step pictures. Forget your usual fries and make these delicious, crispy and spicy potatoes. Coat the potatoes with spice powders, chili peppers and rice flour to create a crispy exterior. Fry the curry leaves until crispy and top with the fries.

Preparation time 10 minutes minutes

Cooking time 15 minutes minutes

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Total duration 25 minutes minutes

Course Aperitif

Kitchen Indian, South Indian

Servings 4 servings

Calories 318 kilocalories

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Spicy Fries Recipe (Spicy Fries)

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*Percent Daily Values ​​are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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