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Smashed Potatoes + Curry Dipping Sauce - Healthy Dinner Recipe

Smashed Potatoes + Curry Sauce

Smashed potatoes with a simple chickpea curry dipping sauce are a match made in heaven. Although this chickpea curry sauce is a pretty mild one, it seems to pair just right with the potatoes. It feels like comfort food.
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Servings: 3
Course: Main Course, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2-3 lb organic yellow potatoes (I use yellow potatoes), or 2 lb baby potatoes if you want smaller dipping bites
Curry Sauce
  • 1 cup chickpeas
  • 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 lemon juiced
  • 2 tsp curry powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/8 tsp mustard powder Mark likes 1/4, but I like 1/8 :)
  • 1 shake of cayenne
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 cup hot water I pour from my tea kettle

Method
 

Smashed Potatoes
  1. Preheat the oven to 425.
  2. Steam the potatoes your preferred method. Ex) Steam in a steamer basket in a covered pot on the stovetop with 1-2" water depending on pot size for around 20 minutes until tender. OR Steam in the Instant Pot (my method) with 1 cup of water for 14 minutes (quick releasing right away).
  3. Once the potatoes are tender, place on a lined baking sheet and let cool completely. If you don't want to wait, see my message in the last picture above.
  4. Once cooled, take the back of a glass and slowly smash down each of the potatoes until more flattened. Sprinkle on any seasonings here if you'd like. I like to sprinkle on dried rosemary.
  5. Place in the oven and bake 25-35 minutes depending on baby or yellow potatoes. You may need a bit longer to crisp up more.
Curry Sauce
  1. Add all of the ingredients (chickpeas to salt above) to a blender or food processor. I use my nutribullet. Pour the hot water over the ingredients. Let it sit in the blender and soak for 5 minutes or more if you have the time. Blend until smooth and creamy. Taste and adjust seasonings as desired. Drizzle over the potatoes or pick the potatoes up and dip them in the sauce. You can't go wrong either way! ENJOY THE GOODNESS!

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