Potato Gnocchi

Gnocchi, pronunced nyoki is a kind of pasta, generally made using flour and potatoes (you can also make them with pumpkin or ricotta).

Once cooked, these light, little morsels dunked in almost any kind of sauce are a delight to eat and are extremely filling!

This is a super-simple, non-traditional way of making Gnocchi and is pretty quick too!
This is what they looked like before boiling..yes, i did go the whole way and rolled them over a fork n stuff...but was definitely worth the effort (or so, i'd love to think!)

Ingredients:

3 medium sized potatoes, boiled

2 teaspoons flour ( i used maida/all purpose flour) - you may need more or less depending on the potatoes

1 teaspoon fine semolina

salt to taste

Method:

CAUTION:

Two things you need ensure:

1) Steam/boil the potatoes just right (please don't overcook)

2) Use as little flour as possible while kneading

Half/quarter the potatoes and steam/boil them until they are just cooked through ( I dumped them in the microwave, along with a bowl of water and microwaved at 700 deg C for 6 minutes).

Once done, peel them while they are still hot (be careful here). Mash coarsely with a fork till the potatoes are coarsely powdered.

( i must admit i tried to blend them at this stage, but they turned out all gooey n horrible, so pls avoid this)

Add the salt, semolina, and a teaspoon of the flour and knead gently. Keep adding the flour bit by bit as required and knead till everything just binds together.

Divide this dough into 2 or 4 and roll into long cylindrical 'strands'. Now using a sharp knife, cut bits of the dough and press the prongs of a fork to give each bit a design.

Bring a large pot of water to boil and drop these in. At first, they sink to the bottom but rise to the top in a matter of minutes...once the gnocchi start floating, they're cooked through. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain in a colander for a few minutes before using.

You can serve this with a basic tomato sauce, a classic white sauce or just sauteed to a crsip along with some garlic.

I made a white sauce to go along and added loads of chilli sauce on top since i was out of chilli flakes.