Welcome to the 1st day of April Baking Mania :-) As I mentioned about this challenge yesterday, it’s a month long blogging marathon with the theme “Fire up the oven”. The first recipe is going to be the Baked Indian Style Potato Curry.
I want to stay on my comfort zone for the first day. So starting with one of my favorite recipe, potato curry. Potatoes – you can prepare many baked recipes with this versatile vegetable. Potato wedges, roasted potatoes with rosemary, baked fries and what not? When I tried potato wedges, I thought why can’t I do Indian style potato curry and tried it right away and it was big hit. When you are in a hurry or when you want to relax but still looking for easy homemade recipes, this is the best bet. So here is the recipe. I used red potatoes but you can go for any variety.
Ingredients:
- Red potatoes – 6-7
- Red chilly powder – 1 tsp
- Fennel powder – 1/2 tsp
- Salt – 1.5 tsps
- Rice flour – 2 tsps (optional)
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Hing – 1/2 tsp
- Oil – 1 tsp + 1 tsp + for spraying
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Curry leaves – 1 strand
Steps:
- Pre heat the oven at 375 degree F, meanwhile we can do the prep work.
- Wash the potatoes and chop them finely.
- Drain the water and add the 1 tsp of oil, red chilly power, turmeric powder, fennel powder, hing and salt.
- Mix well and make sure the dry powders are coated well. Add rice flour too if you want it more crispy. But its completely optional.
- Now take a cookie tray and wrap it with aluminum foil or parchment paper and drizzle some oil.
- Spread the potato curry and bake for 40 minutes.
- Mix them and toss them once at around 20 minutes.
- Thats it potato curry is ready.
- Now do the tadka separately by heating 1 tsp of oil and when the oil is hot add mustard seeds and curry leaves. As they start to splutter add it to the curry.
Notes:
- Any potato varieties can be used for this curry.
- Adjust the salt and spices as per your preference.
- Drain the water and pat the chopped potatoes dry. If there is more water, make sure you bake for few more minutes.
- Adjust the salt and spices as per your preference.
Baked Indian Style Potato Curry
Ingredients
- Red potatoes - 6-7
- Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
- Fennel powder - 1/2 tsp
- Salt - 1.5 tsps
- Rice flour - 2 tsps optional
- Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
- Hing - 1/2 tsp
- Oil - 1 tsp + 1 tsp + for spraying
- Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
- Curry leaves - 1 strand
Instructions
- Pre heat the oven at 375 degree F, meanwhile we can do the prep work.
- Wash the potatoes and chop them finely.
- Drain the water and add the 1 tsp of oil, red chilly power, turmeric powder, fennel powder, hing and salt.
- Mix well and make sure the dry powders are coated well. Add rice flour too if you want it more crispy. But its completely optional.
- Now take a cookie tray and wrap it with aluminum foil or parchment paper and drizzle some oil.
- Spread the potato curry and bake for 40 minutes.
- Mix them and toss them once at around 20 minutes.
- Thats it potato curry is ready.
- Now do the tadka separately by heating 1 tsp of oil and when the oil is hot add mustard seeds and curry leaves. As they start to splutter add it to the curry.
Notes
Adjust the salt and spices as per your preference.
Drain the water and pat the chopped potatoes dry. If there is more water, make sure you bake for few more minutes.
Adjust the salt and spices as per your preference.
Hi Srividhya, I had posted a question a few hrs back regarding position of the tray in the oven for making this curry.
Just wanted to tell you that I figured it out myself & made the potato curry exactly as you had mentioned. It came out awesome!! I made it with yellow potatoes which you get in india. Loved it totally. Thanks a lot for sharing this. Will definitely try it again. :)
I m glad it worked out. Thanks a lot for the feedback. Sorry with timezone difference just saw both the comments.
Hi.. Your potato looks so tempting.. :) I’m a newbie to baking. Do i keep the baking tray more towards the top slot or in the middle? Thank you.
Simple and tasty potato curry !! yumm
Love the potato curry baked. Its something we can make everyday with ingredients at hand. Thanks for opening my eyes.;D
he he :-) Thanks
Very interesting curry pa!!! No need to stand nearby and keep stirring, and it looks very tempting and i bet it tastes even better!!!
Thanks Priya
Thanks.. Mango is the best fruit to start with :-)
A very healthy baked potato curry, an interesting recipe.
Thanks Sneha
Good start even I use to make this every week but now I hardly use potatoes once in a month… you made me drool.
ha ha :-) Thanks padma
Love the oven-roasted veggies. Can enjoy without the guilt attached to the deep fried dishes.
yeah of course. :-)
This is surely a winner Vidhya. looks absolutely delicious..
Thanks Gayathri.
Love the baked version of our potato curry! Perfect when making for a crowd :)
oh yeah absolutely
Potatoes are a regular at home but have never tried this. This looks great, will try this :)
Thanks FV. Let me know how it turned out.
This is so nice! Baking a regular dish is really so innovative! Must try sometime soon and this is a great recipe to start the mega BM…
Thanks PJ
I love baked potatoes, bit have never tried it with Indian spices! Like you said it’s typically been wedges with rosemary. This one’s so good!
Thanks Nandini
Wow, I’m in love with your baked potato curry. So easy and hands-free way to make the curry. Looking forward to all your bakes this month.
Thanks Pavani. Looking forward to all yours too. Lovely cakes on the first day baa
What a nice recipe to start with, total comfort food.
:-) :-)
Wow this s super cool Sri:-) traditional recipe in a perfectly new dimension
Thanks Vidya
Wow, super Sri…reduces oil consumption, except for a long time to cook. I am sure it would be crispy…Will try it out sometime :)
Yeah Malar. With kid this will be best becoz you will be hands free na. Let me know how it turned out
Healthy potato curry!! yummy
Thanks
Looks so tempting and nice way to start the bm…
Thanks
The kids love the oven baked potato curry. Your version sounds good too.
Thanks Harini
a welcome change to see savory and everyday dish, this is something we need to learn lovely start
ha ha.. I know only couple of us did savory dish :-)
simply yummy! We can do the same on a grill too right? instead of a baking oven? Since bbq season is coming this will be a good one for vegetarians.
Yeah niths.. wedges would be nice in grill. Lets plan for a party.. do you have a griller kya?
An Indian twist to traditional baked potato slices and a baked twist to the traditional Indian potatoes ;-)
Thanks Rajani
If i make this baked potato curry, am sure i wont stop having them.
ha ha :-)
Ah nice to find a regular dish being baked..will be so helpful!
Thanks :-)
Wow ! That’s a good and healthy start.. Potato is a comfort food for so many of us ..
Yeah agreed :-)
Wow!!!This looks so good. Got to try this sometime
Thanks. Let me know how it turned out. And welcome here Veena
I baked the curry couple of times in the oven and it does turn out good. Your curry looks good. I have not tried it with skin on though.
Red potatoes skins are good. When I bake I go for red potatoes. Thanks Usha
I used to do a similar potato curry in microwave.. These days we rarely eat potatoes sigh… The good old days!
Same here GB. We rarely eat too. For kiddo I just boil and mash it with rice. Preparing this after a long time
Nice start with a traditional favourite. What’s not to love? <3
:-) :-) Thanks Aruna
very interesting recipe
Thanks Indu