Curry Roasted Potatoes are full of flavor with a touch of spiciness. Everyone will love this easy, filling, and nutritious side dish. These roasted potatoes are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
About Roasted Curry Potatoes
Roasted potatoes are one of my go-to side dishes, and these curry roasted potatoes are a fun version with their spicy curry flavor.
While you can get away with simply roasting potatoes with salt and pepper, why not try adding curry powder?
It's delicious! And everyone loves these potatoes.
Honestly, I couldn't take the photos fast enough. My niece and nephew swiped these roasted curry potatoes straight from the baking sheet.
Ingredients
Potatoes: Russet potatoes, yellow potatoes, or fingerling potatoes work best for roasting. For extra color, you can use purple potatoes, though they can be pricier and harder to find. Or try this recipe with sweet potatoes.
Spices: Curry powder, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, and salt season the curry roasted potatoes. Garlic powder and cayenne pepper are optional, and you can adjust the amounts based on your preferences.
If you do not want spicy roasted curry potatoes, use less cayenne pepper or omit it.
Oil: Toss the potatoes and spices in avocado oil, olive oil, canola oil, vegetable oil, or peanut oil.
Recipe Cost
- Russet potatoes 1.5 pounds: $0.90
- Curry powder 1 teaspoon: $0.26
- Garlic powder ¼ teaspoon: $0.02
- Cayenne pepper ¼ teaspoon: $0.01
- Salt ¼ teaspoon: $0.01
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil: $0.32
TOTAL COST: $1.52 or $0.38/serving (Based on San Diego grocery stores 2024)
Note that this is not the recipe; it's simply to show the cost breakdown of ingredients. Scroll down to the full recipe to see the specific ingredients and directions.
How to Make Curry Roasted Potatoes
If you have an extra 10 minutes, I recommend soaking the potatoes in hot water, drying off the potatoes, and tossing them with oil and spices.
This helps remove some of the starch in potatoes, and removing the starch can help your potatoes get crispier.
Another thing that soaking and rinsing potatoes can help do is to reduce acrylamide that might form while roasting.
However, I tested both versions (one with the potatoes soaked + rinsed and one with potatoes placed directly on the baking sheet after chopping).
The most important thing to prevent sticking and produce crispier potatoes is to preheat the baking sheet.
Time needed: 55 minutes
Curry Roasted Potatoes are full of flavor with a touch of spiciness. Everyone will love this easy, filling, and nutritious side dish.
- Chop potatoes and put them in a bowl of hot water.
- Meanwhile, put the baking sheet in the oven while it preheats.
- Drain and dry the potatoes.
Dry the mixing bowl, too.
- Add oil and spices to the potatoes.
- Stir potatoes.
- Carefully remove baking sheet from the oven, and put the potatoes in one layer.
Transfer to the oven.
- Stir halfway through cooking.
Potatoes should easily release from the baking sheet. If they don't, let them cook another 5 minutes before stirring.
- Remove from the oven, and enjoy!
Recipe Tips
*The most important thing when roasting potatoes is to preheat the baking sheet. Otherwise, your potatoes are more likely to stick.
*Rinsing the starch off the chopped potatoes before baking can also help prevent them from sticking. Additionally, rinsing starch off potatoes helps them get crispier and removes possible acrylamide.
Variations
Ingredient Options
Cayenne pepper: For a less spicy version of these curried roast potatoes, simply decrease or omit the cayenne pepper.
Alternative Prep & Cooking
Air Fryer: Roasted curry potatoes can be made in the air fryer.
Follow the directions, but skip the part where you preheat the baking sheet. And air fry them at 375F for 20 minutes, shaking halfway through cook time.
Quick Option: If needed, you can skip the step on soaking the potatoes.
- Preheat the baking sheet.
- Add the oil and chopped potatoes directly to the baking sheet.
- Sprinkle with spices.
- Toss together. Roast as directed.
- Stir halfway through cooking time.
- Enjoy!
How to Make Allergy-Friendly
Curry roasted potatoes are naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, egg-free, and nut-free. They are vegetarian and vegan.
How to Fix a Mistake
Potatoes stuck to the baking sheet: Let them cook another 5-10 minutes until they more easily release from the baking sheet. Use a thin spatula and carefully peel them off the baking sheet.
If they're still stuck, try adding 2 teaspoons of oil to the potatoes and cooking for another 5 minutes before trying to release them.
Make-Ahead Ideas
Roasted potatoes are best served freshly cooked from the oven.
However, you can chop and soak the potatoes a few hours in advance.
Storage Suggestions
Keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 6 days or in the freezer for up to 6 weeks.
It's best to reheat potatoes in the oven or air fryer, but it can be done in a pinch in the microwave. However, these curried roast potatoes won't be as crispy.
To reheat:
- In the oven: Place the potatoes on a baking sheet, transfer to a 325F oven, and bake for 10-20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until warmed.
- In the microwave: Place on a microwave-safe plate, and heat for 45 seconds at 100% power. Stir and microwave for another 30-45 seconds until warm.
Frequently Asked Questions
Soaking the potatoes before roasting helps reduce the starch of the potatoes.
Reducing the starch helps your potatoes get crispier when roasting.
Additionally, reducing the starch can prevent your potatoes from sticking to the baking sheet.
Furthermore, you can decrease the sugar in potatoes by reducing the starch. And this helps reduce the acrylamide that might form while the potatoes are roasting.
If you don't soak potatoes before baking, they might not get as crispy. Also, they might stick to the baking sheet.
That being said, I tried roasting the potatoes without soaking and they came out pretty similar to the ones that were soaked before roasting. So if you are in a time crunch, you can skip the pressure to soak your potatoes.
(In fact, this photo shows the left side with potatoes that were soaked and the right side with potatoes that were not)
Nutrition Benefits
Potatoes often get shunned because they are higher in carbohydrates. However, they are full of nutrients!
Compounds in potatoes have antioxidant, cholesterol-lowering, antihypertensive, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and (possible) antidiabetic effects.
For a full breakdown of all the benefits potatoes have, check out this post.
Additionally, curry powder is high in antioxidants.
A serving of these curry roasted potatoes is an excellent source of potassium with 21% RDA, and it's a good source of Vitamin C (12% RDA) and iron (11% RDA). You also get 2 grams of fiber per serving.
What to Serve with Roasted Curry Potatoes
These curried roast potatoes go with practically everything! In the photos, you'll see them served with Avocado Salmon Burgers (see photo above) as well as Salmon Chickpea Patties.
Serve them with anything you'd serve with roasted potatoes.
Final thoughts:
Rich in flavor, with a hint of spice. Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside.
A fun change from basic roasted potatoes, these curry roasted potatoes are an excellent side dish.
Everyone loves these!
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Curry Roasted Potatoes
Ingredients
- 1.5 pounds potatoes about 4 medium potatoes
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Fill a large bowl with hot water. Chop the potatoes and add them to the bowl.
- Preheat the oven to 400℉. Line a baking sheet with foil, and place it in the oven to preheat.
- Drain the potatoes and dry them (and the bowl) with a dish towel.
- Toss the potatoes with oil, curry powder, cayenne pepper, and salt.
- Carefully remove the baking sheet from the oven, and spread the potatoes in a single layer on the hot baking sheet.
- Transfer to the oven, and roast for 20 minutes.
- Stir the potatoes and roast for another 10-15 minutes, until the potatoes are crispy. Enjoy!
Notes
- Preheat the baking sheet.
- Add oil, chopped potatoes, and spices directly to the baking sheet. Toss together.
- Roast as directed.
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