September 9

In this national nutrition week I was trying to incorporate as many healthy type of food and cooking method as possible. So when you want to have some nice potatoes for your lunch or dinner making oven roasted potatoes instead of frying them is the ideal way. They are crisp on the outside and nice and fluffy on the inside. Add the seasoning of your choice and voila you have a wonderful side to go with your meal.

Baked potatoes usually take about 45 to 50 minutes in the oven to get properly roasted. But when you have a little time crunch and want to still make a nice and crispy batch of roasted potato, then you can follow this method to make the roasted potatoes in half the conventional time.

What kind of potatoes to be used?

Well you can use any kind of potatoes including red skinned ones and even try it with sweet potatoes.

Do you need to peel the potato?

While you can peel the skin, I would personally recommend having the skin on. The roasted skin gives a nice crispy texture to the potato which I absolutely love! Not to mention the nice colour it adds to the potato especially if you are using red skinned ones.

Which potato size is ideal?

If using small potatoes then just halve them, if you are using medium then quarter them and if using large ones, then you can cube them up. In case you are using tiny potatoes just poke them with fork as a whole and use it.

What kind of seasoning to use?

Any seasoning of your choice - Italian, oregano, red chilli, bird's eyes, thyme, pasley, rosemary, cilantro - basically just put your thinking hats on and spin up any seasoning, it will go well with this recipe.

Preparation Time : 10 minutes
Cooking Time : 25 minutes
Serving : 2