Roasted Baby Potatoes with Southern Indian Spices

• 1/4 cup canola oil plus extra, for greasing baking dish
• 3 pounds baby red potatoes, rinsed and halved (larger potatoes quartered)
• 20 curry leaves (optional)
• 6 dried red chiles
• 2 teaspoons mustard seeds
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin seeds
• A 1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely minced
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely minced
• 1/2 jalapeno (cored and seeded if you prefer a milder flavor), finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh mint leaves
• 1 lime, half juiced and the other half cut into wedges for serving
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1. Preheat the oven to 400F.
2. Grease a large, deep baking dish with some oil, add the potatoes, and set aside.
3. Heat the oil with the curry leaves (if using), chiles, mustard seeds, and cumin seeds in a large skillet until the mustard seeds start to crackle and pop, about 1 1/2 minutes.
4. Stir in the ginger, garlic, and jalapeno and cook, stirring often, until the garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute.
5. Add the turmeric and salt and cook for 1 minute.
6. Pour the spices over the potatoes and stir until evenly coated.
7. Bake the potatoes until tender and browned, 25 to 40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
8. Remove the baking dish from the oven and stir in the cilantro, mint, lime juice, and cayenne pepper.
9. Serve with lime wedges.

canola oil, baby red potatoes, curry, red chiles, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, ginger, garlic, turmeric, kosher salt, fresh cilantro, mint leaves, lime, cayenne pepper

Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/roasted-baby-potatoes-with-southern-indian-spices (may not work)