Roasted Potatoes with Turmeric and Thyme

These turmeric and thyme potatoes is as simple and flavorful as good roasted potatoes can get.  Sometime there is fun in tossing together something very basic. The good news is that this can be expanded to sweet potatoes. And or for that matter any kind of root vegetable. Parsnips, Carrots, Beets and all good!

My Turmeric and Thyme Potato Story

Like it or not, cooking for a family is an everyday necessity and so I am blessed that I can approach it with joy and creativity.

Now, when it comes to working with food for the kids, the stakes are much higher. LOL! I think I will take a NYT food critic over my two in-house food critics. Their food preferences and issues, encompass allergies,  spice preferences and everything else in between.

I might have mentioned earlier that they are chili pepper adverse. However, they are very good with most flavors. They are happy to try new things. Not all my recipes find success with them but I feel that every year we do better. We also find ways to come closer in our preferences. Ironically enough,

Spud Love

I am probably the only one in my family who gets excited about potatoes. Today’s Sunday dinner offered me the opportunity to offer these well rooted beauties to the family in all their glory. This recipe is good either with a medley of sweet and regular potatoes, or baby potatoes, which is that is in the video. I had come up with the concept of family dinner Sundays late last year and I am happy that we have all been enjoying each others company and the meal. In fact, so much so, I passed the opportunity to get out and eat this weekend because it was a Sunday.

My initial misgivings about the fact that we can only do these relaxed dinners on a Sunday has now been abated by the fact that these have become quite the production.

With the kids it is often about the hoopla. The kids and I have been able to make family dinner Sundays a lot of fun. We plan the menu and on certain weeks we go ahead and pick different countries to cook and talk about. I take time to research their requests and often like the case of these potatoes, I have to adapt them.

What is with the flavor Combination?

This recipe is a remake of alu ajowain. A North Indian dish, that meshes potatoes with carom seeds or ajowain. Thyme makes a great substitute for ajowain. The taste is floral and more flavorful. Two other recipes where I have happily meshed thyme with other flavors include my thyme and zucchini flatbreads and citrus thyme chicken.