Potato Stacks in Goan Balchao Coconut Milk Masla
 
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This Goan style Hasselback Potatoes Casserole is a twist on traditional fanned baked potatoes. The potatoes are baked in a spicy coconut milk sauce, creamy in the middle with irresistible crisp edges. An easy, impressive potato side dish recipe to make for a crowd!
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Recipe type: sides
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 8-10
Ingredients
Balcho masala
  • ½ cup cider vinegar or malt vinegar
  • 1 cup dried red Thai or cayenne chiles, stems removed
  • 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
  • 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
  • ½ teaspoon whole cloves or 5-6
  • ½ teaspoon ground tumeric
  • 12 medium-size cloves garlic
  • 2 lengthwise slices fresh ginger (each 2½ inches long, 1 inch wide, and ⅛ inch thick)
  • 2 cinnamon sticks (each 3 inches long), broken into smaller pieces
  • 1 tbsp sugar
Potatoes
  • 1 pound russet or Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled,sliced to ⅛', and submerged in a bowl of cold water to prevent browning. You can add sweet potatoes, yam too.
  • 4 scallions (green tops and white bulbs), thinly sliced crosswise
  • 1 can unsweetened coconut milk
  • 7 Garlic, minced
  • 2 tbsp Balcho masala
  • 1 tsp salt and pepper
Instructions
For the Balcho Masala
  1. Add all the ingredients for the masala in a blender and grind to a coarse paste. You can store this in the refrigerator for a month.
Potatoes
  1. You can parboil the potatoes for 5 minutes in boiling water or bake it raw(which will take a longer time).
  2. Mix the balcho masala with garlic, coconut milk, scallions, salt and pepper. Set aside. Add more or less of the balchao masala as required. I add a good 5-6 tbsp, we like it spicy. But, be careful, the masala is potent.
  3. In a non stick or a baking/serving casserole, arrange the sliced potatoes neatly. Slowly drizzle the coconut milk mixture in it.
  4. Preheat oven to 450 degrees for 15 minutes.
  5. Reduced the temp to 400, and Bake at 400 for an hour or 1 hour 15 minutes. If the top is browning too fast, cover and bake.
Recipe by Food Fashion Party at https://www.foodfashionparty.com/2018/11/11/goan-style-hasselback-potatoes/