Batata Slata -- Moroccan Potato Salad

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 5 large potatoes
• 4 tablespoons fresh flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
• 1 fresh tomato, grated
• 1/2 cup sweet onion, chopped
• 1 fresh lemon
• 2 -4 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/2 teaspoon cooking salt, to season potatoes

Recipe

• 1 you want good waxy boiling potatoes for this. the cooking salt is for seasoning and cooking the potatoes inches the 1 teaspoons of salt listed is for after potatoes are cooked and is only approximate; salt to taste.
• 2 peel the potatoes and cut into 1-inch chunks.
• 3 boil potatoes in salted water until cooked through and not mushy.
• 4 drain cooked potatoes and allow to cool though still quite warm.
• 5 add remaining ingredients and refrigerate 6 hours or overnight is best. the salt to season is your personal choice.
• 6 the amount of lemon juice or vinegar and oil will vary according to your potatoes, so season with these accordingly. this salad should be more tangy than oily. at times, 2-4 tablespoons of mayonnaise is added this too is authentic. this depends on the mood of the cook/consumers.
• 7 to make this into another very popular salad; batata and zrodia slata, simply add 3 cooked carrots cut into approximately 4mm coins. season accordingly. you will notice the lack of use of black pepper in this dish. i have not to date had a batata or a batata and zrodia slata which contained black pepper.