Garlic Potatoes

This recipe of baked potatoes is mainly prepared with garlic and herbs. If you want strong garlic flavor then you can add roasted garlic or green chopped garlic which also gives good taste. These garlic potatoes are usually served with spicy sweet and sour sauce of any kind.

Ingredients:

1 kg red potatoes (cut into large pieces)
¼ cup margarine (melted)
2 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
1 tbsp dried parsley
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp dried thyme

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Spread aluminum foil on a baking dish.
3. Marinate potatoes with the ingredients mentioned above.
4. Place potatoes on the aluminum foil and then cover tightly with another aluminum sheet.
5. Bake for 20-25 min in preheated oven.
6. After that remove the foil from top, turn on the upper burner of oven only and bake for 10 min more to give golden brown color.

Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Talking about vegetarian cooking and here we have one of those healthy meals that I enjoy to cook. These are mashed potatoes. Mashed potatoes are prepared by a variety of methods and are considered easy and quick meals that can be made and served at all times.This recipe is of Indian mashed potatoes which is also called “Aloo ka Bhurta” in Pakistani and Indian Cuisine.

Ingredients:

3 big potatoes
1 medium onion (julienne)
4-5 dry red pepper
Salt to taste
3 tbspn oil

Preparation:

1. Take some water in a deep pan to boil potatoes. It takes 20 mins approx.
2. In a pan, put oil, add onion and peppers to it and fry till onion become brown and crispy. To make crispy fried onions always put onion in cold oil and continually stir while frying.
3. After that drain out fried onions and pepper from the oil and let it cool.
4. Sprinkle salt on the onions and pepper and crush them using hands.
5. Remove the skins from the boiled potatoes and mashed them well.
6. Mix the crushed onions and pepper in the potatoes and make smooth dough by using few drops of oil.