Varoma cooked Potato Casserole

[judydawn]

Name of Recipe: Varoma Cooked Potato Casserole
Number of People: 3 serves
Ingredients:
550g potatoes.  Peel and slice 1/2 cm thick.
1 litre boiling water
1 tblspns fried, dried onions - bought these in an Indian supermarket.
100mls cream mixed with 1 tspn cornflour and 1 tspn tikka paste

Preparation:
Place the boiling water into the TM bowl.
Place overlapping slices of potato into the varoma dish, put into place and cook 15 mins/varoma temp/speed 3.
Place a layer of the partly cooked slices into a casserole dish that will fit into the varoma tray (I used the lid of an oblong casserole dish). Sprinkle the fried, dried onions  & S & P to taste over the top, add the remaining slices and pour the flavoured cream over the top. No need to cover the dish.
Cook 20 mins/varoma temp/speed 3.


Photos:

Tips/Hints:
I used flavours to compliment the Salmon Tikka dinner recipe from the Indian cookbook but you could omit the onions and tikka paste and add some sauteed bacon and onions and sprinkle cheese on top. The fried dried onions are really worth seeking out though and would save the trouble of cooking some for yourself. By pre-steaming the potato, this cut the total cooking time down by half at least as I had previously tried making this dish with raw potato in the varoma dish - it took forever to cook. Whilst the potato is pre-steaming, you can get on with preparation for  the rest of the meal and it is worth the extra effort in the long run.
For a larger serving sized casserole you would have to cook it in the varoma bowl.
The photo is of the leftovers.

[CreamPuff63]

great JD  I think this was the potato dish that you had pictured with cookies chicken/spinach recipe. thanks v. muchly

[judydawn]

That was my second attempt at it CP63 but I perfected it on this, my 3rd attempt.  Was not going to give up until I cracked it 

[JulieO]

Will make this, I still make your parmesan potatoes too. 

[I Love Bimby!]

Looks great JD!! 

[CreamPuff63]

Will make this, I still make your parmesan potatoes too. 

Parmesan Potatoes picture here, and recipe here. (had to hunt it down, seeing as it was a recommended favourite  )

[Cornish Cream]

Oh goody, two great potato dishes to keep the DH happy.Thanks Judy for both recipes and CreamPuff for photo and recipe site for the Parmesan potatoes. 

[cookie1]

Thanks Judy. Especially for us as it serves 3. I will try it tonight.

[Thermomixer]

Nice one JD - good idea.

BTW - had you ever been into an Indian grocers before the TMX?

[judydawn]

No never TMXer.  I went with Trudy, she really knows her way around one of those shops. The sizes and prices are really interesting compared to the small packets in our supermarkets, so much more for your money.

[Thermomixer]

Good on you Trudy.  I love them, just went and bought some spices there today.

[cookie1]

Great recipe Judy. We all loved it.

I discovered the most awesome Indian grocer very near me. They are ever so helpful.

[judydawn]

Nice to hear it passed the test with all members of the household Cookie 

[CreamPuff63]

made the tikka paste yesterday, but whew was it hot or what  I put the amount of dried chillies in that the recipe called for, but they were the tiny potent ones - and blew everyones head off! shame I still have such a large jar left and probably should only use half a teaspoon for this...

[Cornish Cream]

Lovely recipe Judy.Yesterday I grilled too much bacon, so I used the leftovers to make the alternative recipe of bacon, dried onion and cheese.I served it with roast chicken and steamed vegetables.DH and DS thought it delicious, next on my list is to try your Parmesan Potatoes.