Hasselback Potatoes (Indian style)

Hasselback potatoes are Swedish version of baked potatoes. The restaurant named "Hasselbacken" , in Stockholm, Sweden is famous for this dish and hence it is named "Hasselback" potatoes.

This, a very fancy looking dish is delicious which is crispy outside and soft inside. As we bake, the slices fan out slightly and can be presented in a beautiful way. This is an unique way to serve the potatoes and tastes very good. 

It can be served in  any breakfast or dinner party. You can make yogurt or sour cream herbed dip which will go very well with these baked potatoes. The way I served was very different. I Indianised it a little bit. Myself and my hubby like this way. Adding Indian spices to this gives a very good taste along with the garlic flavor.

When I saw the recipe in the internet, I thought it is difficult to make. But after I made, I realized it was much simple..

Here's the recipe

Ingredients

• Potatoes - 4 nos
• Olive oil - 4 tsp
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Freshly crushed pepper - a few

For spiced butter

• Butter - 2 tblspn
• Garlic - 6 or 7, finely chopped
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Cumin powder - 1 tsp
• Chilly powder - 1 tsp
• Fennel powder - 1/2 tsp
• Crushed pepper powder - 1 tsp

For herbed yoghurt dip

• Yogurt - 1 cup
• Mixed Italian herbs - few
• Salt - a pinch
• Pepper - 1 tsp
• Spiced Butter - 1 tsp (Along with some garlic)

 

Method

For spiced butter

• Melt butter in a saucepan. Add garlic and saute for a minute. Turn off the heat. The butter would have got the aroma of garlic.
• Now add salt and all the spice powders; Cumin powder, Chilly powder, Fennel Powder and Crushed pepper powder.
• Keep this aside. Allow it to cool

For herbed yogurt dip

• Mix all the ingredients under "For herbed yogurt dip" in the ingredients list, in a bowl. Mix everything well. Your herbed yoghurt dip is now ready

How to Proceed?

• Using a knife, slice each potato very thinly, from one end to other, making sure you don't cut it all the way through. The pieces of potatoes are still joint at the base.
• Brush some olive oil on the potatoes. Sprinkle some salt and pepper. 
• Bake in the preheated oven @200 deg C for 20 minutes.
• After 20 minutes, take them out of the oven. Brush some spiced butter all over each potato and between each slice. Put back in to the oven and bake for 15 minutes @ 200 deg C
• After 15 minutes, again take out from the oven and brush some spiced butter again all over each potatoes and between each slice. Put back in to the oven and bake for another 15 minutes @200 deg C
• Take out from the oven and again the same process continues. You have to repeat this 3 times in total. Brush the spiced butter over the potatoes. Put back in to the oven and bake for another 10 minutes. Make sure you use a sharp knife to separate each slices, each time you take out from the oven.
• Now the baking part is done. Bush some more spiced butter and by now the potatoes would have become really crispy from outside and soft from inside.
• Your heavenly delicious hasselback potatoes are now ready.

• Transfer it to a plat and pour a tblspn of herbed yogurt dip on top of the potatoes. I had some garlic pieces from the spiced butter. So, I topped it with that too.
• Enjoy!!