Roast potatoes on cumin-garlic yoghurt with coriander chutney

You might think roast potatoes are perfect as they are – we won’t disagree, but here’s how to elevate the flavour even more!

About 1 hour 

Serves 6 (as a side)

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Ingredients

  • 1kg baby potatoes 
  • Salt and milled pepper 
  • 1 Tbsp (15ml) roasted garam marsala 
  • ½ Tbsp (7ml) cumin seeds 
  • ½ Tbsp (7ml) nigella seeds 
  • Glug olive oil 
  • 3 sprigs curry leaves 
  • 1 red onion, sliced into petals 
  • 1 bulb garlic, halved  

 

Chutney: 

  • ½ punnet (30g) fresh coriander 
  • 1 green chilli, finely chopped 
  • Grated peel and juice (30ml) of 1 lime 
  • 4 Tbsp (60ml) olive oil blend 

 

For serving: 

  • 1 cup (250ml) yoghurt 
  • 1 tub (250g) sour cream 
  • ½ Tbsp (7ml) ground cumin, toasted slightly 
  • 2-3 spring onions, sliced into matchsticks 
  • Sliced green serrano chilli or jalapeño 

 

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C. 
  2. Halve potatoes and place on a baking tray. 
  3. Sprinkle with spices, drizzle liberally with oil and toss to coat evenly. Dot with curry leaves.  
  4. Place onion and garlic on a separate baking tray and drizzle with oil. 
  5. Bake both for 30-35 minutes until potatoes are tender and onion and garlic are deep-brown and soft. 
  6. Combine chutney ingredients in a food processor and blitz to a chunky sauce. 
  7. Mix yoghurt and sour cream in a separate bowl, and season. 
  8. Press garlic cloves out of papery skin, add to yoghurt mixture along with ground cumin, and blitz with a stick blender. 
  9. Spread yoghurt mixture on a plate, top with roast potatoes and dot with roasted onions. 
  10. Top with spring onion and chilli and serve with coriander chutney. 

 

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