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    Home » Recipes » Vegetables

    Indian Roasted Smashed Potatoes

    Published: Apr 8, 2020 · Modified: Nov 28, 2021 by Alonna

    A potato dish to get you out of a rut! Crispy, crackly vegan smashed potatoes are an easy dinner pick-me-up. Add a few warming spices, and this can be an appetizer or a crave-able side.
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    Served with a simple raita and wedges of lime.
    Roasted Smashed Potatoes Served with a simple raita and wedges of lime.
    A potato dish to get you out of a rut! Crispy, crackly roasted smashed potatoes are an easy dinner pick-me-up. Add a few warming spices, and this can be an appetizer or a crave-able side.

    Crispy, Crunchy, Crackly

    Not your mother’s boiled potatoes, this fine little recipe takes a bit of time but is dead simple, and you may never crave fries again. Boil some potatoes. Then slather with some spiced oil and cool briefly. Smash before transforming them, by a blast of a hot oven. They transforms into gloriously golden brown, crackly on the outside delights, and they are light and fluffy on the inside. Satisfying masala roasted smashed potatoes, all without deep-frying!

    Serving Ideas

    Instead of nachos, use roasted smashed potatoes as your foundation and pile on your favorite nachos toppings. Try salsa, sour cream, grated cheese, and chopped scallions, plus other favorites (bacon!). You get the idea. Or swing to the Indian street food chaat route and top with chopped tomatoes, chopped red onion, and a drizzle of cilantro or tamarind chutney. Maybe both! Lastly, a big shower of sev, the irresistible chickpea flour crunchy snack.

    Roasted Smashed Potatoes Serves as chaat with drizzles of chutney and a shower of red onion, scallion and cilantro leaves.
    A potato dish to get you out of a rut! Crispy, crackly roasted smashed potatoes are an easy dinner pick-me-up. Add a few warming spices, and this can be an appetizer or a crave-able side.

    Are you having a cocktail party? Boil some adorable, tiny potatoes and—following this recipe—serve with the simple yogurt sauce recipe below. Perfect for party cooking too because you can boil the potatoes the day before. Then all you need on party day is coat them with the flavorful oil, smash, and roast. Serve with any of my garnishing ideas below.

    Happy cooking!

    ~ Alonna

    See the Notes below before you cook.

    • Healthy Indian Potato Salad with Greek Yogurt Dressing
    • Spiced Crunchy Roasted Potatoes
    • Kerala Style Potato Curry (Aloo Masala)
    • Potato Masala (Curry)
    Served with a simple raita and wedges of lime.

    Roasted Smashed Potatoes

    A potato dish to get you out of a rut! Crispy, crackly vegan smashed potatoes are an easy dinner pick-me-up. Add a few warming spices, and this can be an appetizer or a crave-able side.
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    Course: Appetizer, Side Dish
    Cuisine: Indian-ish
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes
    Roasting: 35 minutes
    Total Time: 4 hours
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 139kcal
    Author: Alonna

    Ingrediants

    Potato Ingredients

    • 1 1/2 pounds small potatoes ~ 1 1/2 to 2-inches (12 to 14)
    • 1/4 cup olive oil ~ Or oil of your choice
    • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
    • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
    • 1 teaspoon Kashmiri ground red chili ~ To taste, substitutions
    • 3/4 teaspoon sea or table salt ~ More to taste, substitutions
    • 1 teaspoon chaat masala ~ Buy or make (and brand suggestions), optional
    • 1 to 2 tablespoons lemon juice ~ Or lime

    Optional Garnishes

    • 2 tablespoons chutney ~ Your favorite, e.g. cilantro, mint, or tamarind
    • 2 tablespoon yogurt ~ Or mayo mixed with some chutney, lime, S&P
    • 1/8 teaspoon flakey salt ~ Like Maldon

    Simple Raita

    • 1 cup plain full-fat yogurt
    • 1 teaspoon lime juice ~ Or lemon, to taste
    • 2 tablespoons scallion tops ~ Roughly chopped
    • salt and pepper ~ To taste
    • 1/3 cup cucumber ~ Minced, optional
    • 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin ~ Optional
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    Instructions

    Make the Potatoes

    • Gather the ingredients for the potatoes and preheat your oven to 450°F (230°C). If roasting on a convection setting, preheat to 425°F (220°C).
      Ingredients gathered and ready for mixing.
    • In a large saucepan, place the potatoes and cover at least 1-inch with cold water. Starting on high, bring the water to a boil, then lower to medium and simmer until the potatoes are soft but not mushy. This will take 15 to 25 minutes, depending on the size of your potatoes.
    • Meanwhile, in a bowl large enough to comfortably hold the potatoes, add the oil, spices, and salt. Drain the potatoes, lay on a kitchen towel, and pat dry. Gently stir into the flavored oil to coat well.
      Spiced oil mixed and ready for the potatoes.
    • Place the potatoes to a rimmed baking sheet and space evenly. Allow the potatoes to cool for 10 minutes, or until you can handle them.
      Potatoes coated with spiced oil and on a baking sheet ready for smashing.
    • Using your hands or a utensil (see Notes below), smash the potatoes to a 1/3 to 1/4-inch thickness, without smashing them to pieces (they will still be good in pieces though!). You may find it helpful to make a lengthwise cut across the top of the potato to make them smash more neatly.
      Potatoes smashed on a rimmed baking tray and ready for a hot oven.
    • Place the baking tray in the oven and roast the smashed potatoes for 25 to 35 minutes, or until a deep golden brown with crispy edges.
      Smashed potatoes roasted to a golden brown on a baking sheet.
    • Serve the potatoes hot with any garnish, chutney or dip that makes you happy!
      Served with a simple raita and wedges of lime.

    To Make the Simple Raita

    • Gather your raita ingredients.
      Simple raita ingredients gathered and ready for mixing together.
    • Mix everything together and chill or serve at room temperature.
      A simple raita to be served with the smashed potatoes.

    Chaat (Indian Street Salad) Idea

    • Make up your own chaat recipe and load the smashed potatoes with salad ingredients of your choice. Here are some ideas: chopped tomatoes, drizzles of tamarind chutney, green chutney, yogurt, sev, cilantro leaves, coarse salt, raw or pickled onions, shredded cheese, and a final sprinkle of chaat masala.
      Serves as chaat with drizzles of chutney and a shower of red onion, scallion and cilantro leaves.

    Notes

    • I prefer potatoes on the 1 1/2-inch (4 cm) side, but if you can’t find small potatoes, you could cut a larger potato into bit-sized cubes, coat with spiced oil and shallow fry in a large pan on top of the stove. Or bake as described, but the cubes won’t take as long to cook as the larger smashed potatoes. Turn the over at about 8 minutes, then roast for another 6 to 10 minutes, depending on your oven.
    • To smash the potatoes use a glass, potato masher, a folded kitchen towel, a fork, or even your hands.
    • When roasting the potatoes, I have found they brown and get crispier if NOT using parchment paper.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 139kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 1009mg | Potassium: 40mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 213IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg

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