Easy, Recipes

Ghee Roasted Potatoes & Garlic, Served With A Herby Dressing On Top

Potatoes and Garlic – a flavour pairing made in food heaven. This preparation is made with minimal ingredients and the oven does most of the work for you! The creamy dressing dolloped on top adds a note of freshness that balances well with the moreish roast potatoes and garlic. This dish surely makes for a delicious appetizer or a side dish to your meat or veggie mains!

Ingredients

  • For The Ingredients –
  • 4 Medium Potatoes (Peeled & Cut into Equal Size Cubes)
  • 3 Tbsp Ghee (Amul)
  • 2 Bulbs of Garlic with Cloves Separated (Skin On)
  • Salt As Per Preference
  • Red Chili Powder
  • For The Dressing –
  • 1/2 Cup Greek Yogurt (Epigamia)
  • 1 Small Clove of Garlic – Grated Finely
  • Handful Of Fresh Mint and Coriander Leaves – Chopped Coarsely
  • 1 Green Chili -Finely Chopped
  • Juice Of Half a Lemon
  • Salt & Pepper as Per Preference

Preparation

Prep: 20 minutes
Cooking: 60 minutes

  1. Toss the potato cubes and garlic with ghee. Place them on a lined baking tray in a preheated oven at 200C for 1 hour. Make sure to take them out a couple of times and rotate the potato pieces on opposite sides for even browning. In the third rotation, I smashed them down lightly with a pestle, so the flat side crisps up while roasting. This step is optional.
  2. As soon as the roast potatoes are out of the oven, sprinkle salt and red chili powder on them.
  3. To make the dressing, whisk all ingredients mentioned under “dressing” (adjust seasoning according to taste)
  4. Pop the roasted garlic out of the skins. Layer the roast potatoes, garlic on your serving plate and add dollops of dressing around (like how we do for nachos?)
  5. Sprinkle chili powder/paprika powder on top for an extra kick and enjoy!

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Azmia Iqbal

Hi, I’m Azmia Iqbal, a Srilankan gal with a Middle Eastern background, now residing in Bangalore, India - I’m what you call a classic third culture kid. Also, I think I was destined to love all things sweet and food, as my dad was a pastry chef for 40 years and my mum is an amazing home cook as well. Having being exposed to so many food cultures in Bahrain and getting married to a foodie husband provided me with many opportunities to experiment with my cooking and baking skills. I eventually ran my own cake business for 5 years under the IG Handle @miasweetsneats (Mia’s Sweets & Eats) until I left Bahrain in 2020. With the onset of the pandemic, I was reluctant to set up shop in Bangalore yet. I missed ‘creating’, be it cake decor, styling or photographing food in general. My friends kept asking me for different recipes to try out and I wanted to document them somewhere. So, I decided to change-up my page aesthetic and turn it into a space where I share some of my recipes and connect with like-minded food lovers. My recipes are a mish-mash of different cuisines based on my experiences and experiments. Do make them for yourself and your loved ones. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!