Tandoori Aloo (potatoes)

This recipe is a classic example of substituting meat for veggies. I have used the same tandoori marinade that I used in the Tandoori Salmon recipe.

Recipe: Tandoori Aloo (potatoes)
Ingredients 
3 lbs Colored Potato mix
2 Tbsp Organic extra Virgin Olive oil
5 Garlic cloves, minced
2 Tbsp Rajah Tandoori Masala (or any other tandoori masala you have)
1 Tbsp Cumin seed, pan roasted and finely ground
1 Tbsp Coriander seed, pan roasted and finely ground
Black pepper, fresh ground, to taste
salt to taste
few blades of Rosemary (dried or fresh)
3 Tbsp Coriander leaves, finely chopped
1/4 cup Fage greek yogurt 0% or 2% (normal will do too, but its a little runny. I prefer greek yogurt)
Lemon wedges for garnish


For the Marinade:

1. Take the Tbsp each of cumin and coriander seeds and dry roast them on low heat setting in a small non-stick pan. Once you smell the flavorful aroma and they start to brown a little, take it off the heat and let cool for a few minutes. Grind them to a fine powder (I have set aside a coffee grinder just for spices).
2. Now in a small mixing bowl mix together the olive oil, minced garlic, fresh ground spice powders, Tandoori masala, salt, pepper, Rosemary and 2 Tbsp of the coriander leaves. Stir it all together till it well blended.

Method

1. Once you have the marinade ready, wash the potatoes and dry them with a paper towel.
2. Cut them up into wedges and mix them with the marinade. Let sit for about a hour so they soak up the flavors.
3. Heat up a wok, you don't need to add any oil since the marinade already has oil in it. Add the marinated potatoes and cook on medium low heat for about 5-6 minutes till they start to crisp and brown on the edges.
4. Lower the heat cover ad cook till they are tender.

Step-by-step process,

Marinade

Once you have the marinade ready, wash the potatoes and dry them with a paper towel. Cut them up into wedges and mix them with the marinade. Let sit for about a hour so they soak up the flavors.

Colored Potato mix

Cut into wedges

Heat up a wok, you don't need to add any oil since the marinade already has oil in it. Add the marinated potatoes and cook on medium low heat for about 5-6 minutes till they start to crisp and brown on the edges. Lower the heat cover ad cook till they are tender.

Crisp ad sauteed well

This is what they should look like garnised and ready to serve as a side dish.

Enjoy!!!