Recipe: Pistachio & Rosewater Potato Mash

A curiously unique recipe for mashed potatoes.

You know those moments when a random idea pops into your mind during a seemingly unrelated situation or conversation? Well this recipe idea was exactly that. My friend sent me the link for a weeks round up of meal ideas, mostly chicken based (Classic Eray), and as I read from recipe to recipe I felt the sudden urge to see what mashed potatoes made with rosewater and pistachios would taste like.

I searched the net for Rosewater & Pistachio Mashed Potatoes and there were literally zero results. I had either stumbled onto a great, new, never tried before recipe or there were no results because it wasn't very good..

I tried it anyway and was really pleasantly surprised! It is..
creamy
floral
salty
filling

and would go great served..
with Vegetable Skewers
with Vegan Kofte
Bangers and Mash style 
atop a Middle Eastern inspired Shepherd's Pie

Sometimes those ridiculously random ideas pay off. Thanks Eray :)


What has been your best random idea? What would you serve this potato mash with?

Makes 2 side serves

Ingredients
Potato Mash
- 4 large Cream Delight potatoes

- 3-4 tablespoons Nuttelex Buttery
- 1/4 teaspoon rosewater
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon salt according to taste

Garnish
- 1 tablespoon pistachios, crushed
- 1 teaspoon rose petals

Recipe
1. Peel and chop potatoes then boil in salted water until soft (a fork should easily slide into the potatoes once ready). Drain well.
2. Add Nuttelex, rosewater and salt to saucepan and mash until smooth and creamy.
3. Plate up then garnish with crushed pistachios and rose petals.

Other Potato Posts:
Potato Bake
Fishless & Chips

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