Perfectly Roasted Potatoes At Home

Potato is like the colour black, tastes perfect howsoever it is cooked. And who doesn’t love variants of potatoes? People of all ages are a fan of any dish which includes potato. Roasted potatoes are well-cooked potatoes that are crispy from the outside and fluffy from the inside.

These oven-roasted potatoes taste mostly served as a side dish and tastes amazing with butter, cheese, or sour cream.

They can be the most delicious tea-time snacks because they are easy to cook, tastes super delicious, and all the ingredients are easily available.

Roasted potatoes consist of 180 calories:

• Total Fat 8.6g
• Saturated Fat 0.7g
• Cholesterol 0mg
• Sodium 501mg
• Potassium 642mg
• Total Carbohydrates 23g
• Dietary Fiber 2.2g
• Sugars 1.7g
• Protein 2.7g

Ingredients

• 1 kg of Potatoes
• 1 tbsp Salt
• 4 tbsp Olive oil
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 1 tbsp Chopped rosemary
• salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp Red chili powder 2
• tbsp Chopped coriander for garnish

Preparation

1. First, we will start by washing the potatoes with skin on, or you can peel the skin off.
2. Cut them into halves or quarters if you’re using bigger potatoes.
3. Now, boil water in a pan.
4. Next, add 1 tbsp salt to the boiling water.
5. Boil the potatoes in salted water for about 10 mins.
6. Put oil in a small pan and add the minced garlic and rosemary to the olive oil and fry them until slightly brown.
7. Strain this infused oil on the parboiled potatoes.
8. Next, add a little salt according to taste, black pepper, and chilli powder.
9. Mix everything well.
10. To make an extra crunchy outer layer, shake the potatoes well to rough up the edges.
11. Set the oven’s temperature to 200 degrees C and place half of the potatoes in a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
12. Bake them for about an hour, flipping them halfway through.
13. You can also roast the potatoes on a pan, make the way you prefer
14. To pan roast, the potatoes take a heavy-bottomed frying pan and put on medium heat, add some of the infused oil to the pan and place the rest of the potatoes in the pan.
15. Fry them for 15-20 minutes until they turn crispy, flipping them every 5 minutes.

Garnish the potatoes with some freshly chopped coriander. They are perfectly crunchy outside and fluffy inside. Enjoy it with side dips like a cheesy dip or jalapeno dip. It will taste better with butter also.