Indian Spiced Potatoes
Cookbook: Student Eats
Recipe: Indian Spiced Potatoes
Ingredients: sea salt * 1 tablespoon light oil * ¼ teaspoon ground cumin * ¼ teaspoon chili powder * 1 large baking potato * ½ teaspoon ground turmeric * large pinch of ground coriander * squeeze of lemon juice [portion for one]
Did it work? Yeah! A little tricky but that was due to my equipment.
Comments: Either use a very good non-stick pan or much more oil than specified in the recipe. I had neither the good equipment or the forethought to use more oil so mine came out not as nice looking or as crunchy as the picture in the book, typically, but still tasted good! I also used baby potatoes instead of one cooking potato which may have affected some things but - the baby potatoes just boiled tasted really good on their own :) possibly even boil the [baby] potatoes for like 7 minutes if you’re going to fry them in the spices for a less sort of mushy meal - i put my potatoes in the oven for about ~10 minutes to crisp them a little since my frying was a bit of a fail re: less oil than needed.
Rating: 9/10 for the taste, well worth the mild frustration! Addictive, especially as my cooking skill improves. As for the ease in making them, I’d give them like an 7/10. It’s a little more effort than say, the Klah, and the frying portion can be a little tricky and frustrating unless you use a good amount of oil/have good equipment, so there’s that to just keep in your mind. For tidy-up afterwards: 9/10. I think I had like, 4 dirty crockery total and i just stuck it in the dishwasher so.