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Nov 142014
    



Citrus Salad with Shrikhand





My recipe ‘Citrus Salad with Shrikhand’ was featured in The Guardian (UK) and was winner of the Beat Diabetes Healthy 3-Course Meal Challenge.





Wintertime is prime citrus season and you can find a great variety of citrus fruits in the market these days. I usually stick to clementines, my all-time favorite, but I wanted to incorporate other citrus fruits into my diet as well. This salad forced me out of my comfort-zone to try pomelo (for the first time), grapefruit (after a long time), and navel oranges (I forgot how good they could be!).



My recipe for Citrus Salad with Shrikhand is a wonderful way to make a fruit salad which is more then simply tossed fruit. By slicing up the citrus fruit and laying it out flat, you get to see the beautiful array of colors which each fruit brings. My method for slicing citrus fruit is very quick and easy. Simply slice off the top and bottom. Leaving the rest of the peel on, slice the fruit across horizontally into 1/2 inch (1 cm) slices. To remove the peel and pith from each slice, lie the fruit slices flat on a chopping board and use a sharp knife to cut around the fruit in straight lines (see photo above), so that the slices are hexagons or octagons.



Serving the citrus fruit with Shrikhand, an Indian sweetened yogurt, gives this fruit salad an exotic twist. Serve for breakfast, brunch or dessert.



This looks like sunshine on a plate!







CITRUS SALAD WITH SHRIKHAND

(Serves 4)





Ingredients:

Any variety of citrus fruits (ie. 1 grapefruit, 1 pomelo, 2 navel oranges, 2 clementines, 4 slices of pineapple)

500ml Greek yogurt

4 Tbsp icing sugar

6 cardamom pods, seeds crushed with a mortar and pestle

2 tsp warm milk

1/2 tsp saffron strands

15-20 pistachios, crushed with a mortar and pestle





Directions:



Prepare the Shrikhand (can be made upto 24 hours before serving):

    Warm 2 tsp of milk (I poured the milk into a ceramic egg-cup and microwaved it for 15 seconds) and add 1/2 tsp of saffron strands. Mix and let it sit and infuse for 5-10 minutes.
    Crush the pistachios with a mortar and pestle and set them aside.
    Crush the cardamom pod seeds with a mortar and pestle until very fine.
    In a bowl, combine the Greek yogurt, icing sugar, crushed cardamom seeds, and saffron milk. Stir until just evenly mixed. Refrigerate if not using immediately.



Prepare the Citrus Salad:

    If using clementines, peel and separate the segments.
    For most other citrus fruits, slice off the top and bottom. Leaving the rest of the peel on, slice the fruit across horizontally into 1/2 inch (1 cm) slices. To remove the peel and pith from each slice, lie the fruit slices flat on a chopping board and use a sharp knife to cut around the fruit in straight lines (see photo above), so that the slices are hexagons or octagons.
    Arrange the fruit on individual plates.
    Add a generous dollop of Shrikhand on top of the fruit and sprinkle with the crushed pistachios.


 Posted by totalsalads.com at 3:49 pm     Tagged with: best salad recipes, citrus salad, Fruit Salads, Gluten Free Salads, healthy salads, oranges, Pakistani/Indian Salads, shrikhand
Recipe: Seasonal Vegetable Pakoras (Chickpea Flour Fritters)
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Jul 102014
    

Seasonal Vegetable Pakoras





OK, I’m going to be the first one to call myself out on this. This recipe is not a salad at all. It’s not even particularly healthy. BUT, it is a healthier version of an unhealthy treat. It’s what I make when I am just dying for the savory moreishness of pakoras – when nothing else will do.



Pakoras originate from South Asia. They’re spicy fritters made of chickpea batter (gluten-free) and studded with onions, coriander leaves and fresh green chillies. If you buy them off the street, more often than not they have been fried to within an inch of their lives and are really greasy and often too spicy. Home-made versions tend to be less greasy so if you’re lucky enough to be offered pakoras at someone’s house, be sure to try them (you won’t be able to stop at just one).



I’m really not a fan of deep-fried food, but this is my one weakness. A traditional pakora is mostly made up of fried batter. To make it healthier, my version of pakoras uses thick chunky seasonal vegetables coated lightly in a thin layer of batter. I tried baking them – it didn’t work out. They really do have to be fried, but since the batter is so thin they only have to be in the oil for a few moments until the batter is cooked through. You can use any vegetables which can be eaten raw or only need a little cooking (ie. zucchini, spinach leaves, carrots, onions, bell peppers, caulifower florets, etc…). Best served with some spicy green coriander-mint chutney and a hot cup of tea (I will get the recipe up for the green chutney soon!).







SEASONAL VEGETABLE PAKORAS

(Serves 8 as a snack)



Ingredients:

700g / oz seasonal vegetables (You can mix it up with whatever vegetables you have in the house or use just one type of vegetable – as long as it’s a vegetable which requires little or no cooking. Potatoes will not work with this recipe because they require too much cooking.)

2 cups / 200g / 7oz chickpea flour (also called gram flour)

1 tsp coriander powder

1 tsp cumin powder

1/4-1/2 tsp red chilli powder or some sliced fresh chillies, according to taste (optional)

1/2 tsp baking soda or bicarbonate of soda

1 & 1/2 cups / 300mL water (you will need to add it slowly to the dry ingredients)

Sunflower oil or some other oil for deep-frying (yikes!)



Directions:

    Prepare the batter by combining the dry ingredients (chickpea flour, coriander powder, cumin powder, chilli powder, salt, and baking soda) in a bowl. Mix with a whisk until the ingredients are evenly dispersed.
    Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add about half the water in the center. Whisk the dry ingredients into the water. Whisk in more water as necessary, taking care to avoid lumps in the batter. You are looking for something which is the same consistency as pancake batter – it should lightly coat the seasonal vegetables. Set the batter aside while you prepare the vegetables.
    Wash, dry and cut the vegetables into chunky pieces. To test the batter consistency, take one vegetable piece and dip it into the batter. You just want a light coating – you should be able to see the vegetable underneath. If it is too thick, add a little more water.
    Prepare a plate with two paper-towels on it to drain the fried pakoras after cooking them.
    Now, get ready to fry. Take a small or medium pan and put in about 2 inches of oil for deep-frying. Heat the oil on medium heat until it is hot enough to cook the batter quickly. You can check this by dropping a small dollop of batter into the oil. If the oil immediately starts bubbling around the batter, then it is ready. You will need to adjust the heat as necessary while cooking.
    Take your chunky vegetables and toss them in the batter.
    Using tongs, lift the vegetables one by one, letting some batter drip off.
    Carefully place them in the hot oil and let them cook just until the batter is cooked through. Only put in as many pakoras as will fit comfortably in the pan.
    Once cooked, remove the pakoras with your tongs, place them in the plate with the two paper-towels and allow them to drain.
    Repeat until all the pakoras have been cooked. Eat immediately.
    Pakora batter stays nicely in the fridge for at least 24 hours, so you can use half today and half tomorrow.





This recipe can be made year-round with any seasonal vegetables, but in July one of my favorite vegetables to use is courgette! I am happy to have submitted this recipe to Ren Behan’s ‘Simple & In Season’, hosted this month by My Custard Pie.



Simple & In Season


 Posted by totalsalads.com at 6:00 am     Tagged with: chickpea flour, Gluten Free Salads, Pakistani/Indian Salads, pakora, pakoras, seasonal vegetables
Recipe: Spicy Indian Bean Salad (for a Crowd)
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May 152014
    

Spicy Indian Bean Salad (for a Crowd)





Every May, my child’s school hosts a lunch for the teachers on Teacher Appreciation Day. Parents are asked to bring a dish which can serve upto 20 people. Although I am not accustomed to cooking for a crowd, I wanted to take part and show my appreciation for the work the teachers do. I will admit that I have a special place in my heart for teachers – both my mother and sister are primary school teachers and I see first-hand how hard they work.


The first thing I had to do was decide what dish I was going to make. It was easy enough for me to decide that my dish would be a salad so I could share it on my blog. The harder decision was choosing exactly which type of salad to make.


I started to think about some of the teachers I have had throughout the years. Some were inspirational, many were very good, and a few were really awful. The inspirational teachers leave an indelible mark in the fabric of your being long after you have left school. The very good teachers help you grow as a person. Even the dreadful teachers have a role in developing you because you learn to deal with adversity. But not all the inspirational people in school are teachers. Some have other roles.


One of the people who influenced me greatly, although I didn’t realise it at the time, was Mrs Lea Rangel-Ribeiro, the Primary School Principal at my school UNIS (United Nations International School in New York). I attended UNIS from Grade 1 to Grade 4 (1983-1987).


UNIS was a very warm and nurturing school and a big part of that was because of the caring ethos which Mrs Ribeiro encouraged. As a student I didn’t have day-to-day interaction with her like I did with my homeroom teachers, but she was an ever-present force in the Primary School. She shaped the school in so many ways, but the thing I remember most vividly about her was that every day, rain or shine or even snow (those New York blizzards can be all-consuming), she would come to school dressed in a beautiful, colorful sari with her hair tied in a bun and a generous smile. As a child from the sub-continent, seeing a woman in a sari was quite a normal thing. In fact, for most of the kids at this school (the majority whom came from UN or diplomatic backgrounds), seeing people in clothes from their home country didn’t seem unusual. It was simply Mrs Ribeiro’s signature look, and countless pictures were drawn by little hands of Mrs Ribeiro in her sari and bun. She never tried to make an exaggerated point about being proud of her heritage. She confidently wore her sari each day, and simply got on with the million and one things which keep all Primary School Principals busy. As an adult, I can now recognise the silent message which was instilled in me from seeing Mrs Ribeiro consistently wearing a sari to school every day in central Manhattan: Yes, you can be a female and achieve success without compromising who you are or where you come from.


Mrs Ribeiro was the Primary School Principal at UNIS for 32 years. I was really happy to find a link to a lovely slideshow of her at the school: Memories of Lea Ribeiro


So it is in honor of Mrs Lea Ribeiro, born in Bombay in 1933 and an inspiration to me and countless other children who walked through the doors of UNIS Primary School in New York, that I decided to make a Spicy Indian Bean Salad for this year’s Teacher Appreciation Lunch.



SPICY INDIAN BEAN SALAD (FOR A CROWD)
(Serves 20 as a side dish – you can cut the recipe in half for fewer people)


Ingredients:
1 Medium-sized onion (about 250g / 8oz), halved and thinly sliced
300g / 10oz / 3 cups onions, finely diced
8 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced
1 cinnamon stick
3 tsp ground cumin powder
3 tsp ground coriander powder
1/2 tsp cayenne powder (adjust according to taste or strength of your chilli powder)
1 tsp sea salt
3 Tbsp + 3 Tbsp sunflower oil (or other vegetable oil)
300mL / 2 & 1/2 cups tomato passata
200mL / 1 cup coconut milk
6 cans of beans (chickpeas, red kidney beans, black eyed peas, or a combination), rinsed and drained – I used 6 cans which were 240g (8oz) drained weight each
1/2 a large cucumber, cut into piece which are similar to the size of the beans (optional)
2 handfuls of fresh cilantro/coriander leaves, washed and roughly chopped



Directions:

    Take one medium sized onion (around 250g / 8oz), peel it, cut it in half and then slice it thinly. Set aside the sliced onions to fry later.
    Take a medium-large onion (around 300g / 10oz), peel it and dice it finely. Set aside the diced onions.
    Take 8 garlic cloves, peel them and slice them thinly.
    Heat 3 Tbsp sunflower oil in a pot on medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the diced onions and cook until they start to get translucent (about 5-7 minutes).
    Add the cinnamon stick, 3 tsp ground cumin powder, 3 tsp ground coriander powder and 1/2 tsp cayenne powder (or according to taste).
    Fry for 2-3 minutes to cook the spices. If they start to stick to the bottom of the pot, add sprinkles of water.
    Add the garlic and cook for another 2 minutes.
    Stir in 300mL (2 & 1/2 cups) of tomato passata and 1 tsp of sea salt into the pot. Allow to simmer for 5 minutes to let the flavors come together.
    Stir in 200mL (1 cup) of coconut milk. Allow to simmer for another 5 minutes.
    Taste and adjust seasoning as necessary. Remember that once we add the beans and cucumbers, a lot of the chilli flavor will be covered so we are looking for something quite spicy at this point. If it is too spicy, you can add a little more coconut milk.
    Pour this spicy tomato-coconut sauce into a bowl to cool down.
    Meanwhile, heat 3 Tbsp of sunflower oil in a frying pan on medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the sliced onions and shallow-fry. Reduce the heat to low-medium so that the onions brown evenly without burning. You may need to adjust the heat a little higher once you get further on in the cooking so that they go from light brown to medium brown. Remove them from the oil with a frying spatula or spoon when they are a nice deep warm brown, but before they burn. Allow them to drain on a double layer of paper towels. They should become crispy and not be oily. (NB: These can be made a day in advance and refrigerated.)
    Wash half a large cucumber and cut it into pieces which are a similar size as the beans.
    Wash 2 handfuls of cilantro/coriander leaves. Quickly dry them on a tea towel or with some paper towels, and roughly chop them.
    Take your cans of beans. Pour them into a colander, rinse in water and drain them.
    When the spicy tomato-coconut sauce is room temperature, fold in the beans and cucumber. Serve straight away or refrigerate for upto 48 hours (if you refrigerate them, allow the beans 10-15 minutes at room temperature to take the chill off.)
    To serve, place the bean salad in a bowl or platter. Scatter cilantro/coriander leaves on top and then the fried onions.
    Optional: If the salad is too spicy, it can be served on the side with yogurt thinned out with a little water to get it to a pourable consistency.

 Posted by totalsalads.com at 7:33 am     Tagged with: Bean Salads, best salads, Dairy Free Salads, Gluten Free Salads, Pakistani/Indian Salads, Spicy Indian Bean Salad, total salads
Recipe: Pakistani Salad with Lemon Dressing
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May 012013
    

Pakistani Salad with Lemon Dressing






As a Pakistani, I can vouch for the fact that the words ‘Pakistani’ and ‘Salad’ do not go hand in hand. Pakistanis eat meat and (over)cooked vegetables. Salad is always something on the side – if it makes an appearance at all. It is usually either just lettuce leaves or sliced cucumber to be eaten alongside the ‘real’ food, or a medley of ‘hard’ vegetables (ie. radishes, cucumbers) dressed with vinegar or lemon.



I love these Pakistani hard vegetable salads and think they deserve pride of place on a plate. They are a blessing for a cook because they can be prepared and dressed well in advance without getting soggy the way lettuce-based salads do.



My Pakistani Salad usually consists of radishes, cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, carrots, and anything else I can find in my fridge. I recommend throwing in some raw red onion or scallions/spring onions to add some bite. My dressing usually consists of plenty of olive oil, lemon and fresh coriander leaves.





PAKISTANI SALAD WITH LEMON DRESSING

(Serves 4)





Dressing Ingredients:

6 Tbsp Extra Virgin olive oil

Juice of 1 lemon

Handful of fresh coriander leaves (around 3 Tbsp), roughly chopped

Generous pinch of salt and black pepper





Salad Ingredients:

1 medium cucumber, quartered and sliced into 1-inch pieces

1 carrot, quartered and sliced into 1-inch pieces

2 medium tomatoes (or 8 cherry tomatoes), cut into 2-inch pieces

1 bell pepper (any color), cut into 2-inch pieces

8 radishes, quartered

Half a raw red onion (or 2 scallions/spring onions), thinly sliced





Directions:

    Combine all the Dressing ingredients in a small jar or bowl and mix well.
    Cut all the Salad ingredients and toss them together in a salad bowl.
    Pour the dressing over the salad and toss until the vegetables are evenly coated.
    Refrigerate and serve.

 Posted by totalsalads.com at 6:01 pm     Tagged with: best salad recipes, Dairy Free Salads, Gluten Free Salads, healthy salads, lemon dressing, Pakistani/Indian Salads
Recipe: Zucchini Raita with Cumin and Mint (Yogurt Dip)
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Apr 292013
    

Zucchini Raita with Cumin and Mint (Yogurt Dip)





Raita is a Pakistani/Indian yogurt side dish which is usually made by mixing yogurt with spices and grated cucumber. For a change, I decided to use grated raw zucchini instead of cucumber to add a bit more variety to my diet – when was the last time you ate raw zucchini?



For me, raita should be thick and unctious which is why I always make it with a thick yogurt like Greek yogurt. You can just as easily make it with regular yogurt, but remember to strain the yogurt through a paper-towel lined sieve first to remove excess liquid (you don’t need to sieve Greek yogurt). You also need to remember to squeeze the liquid out of the grated zucchini just before adding it to the yogurt.



I grew up eating raita as a side dish with rice-based meals, but these days I use it as a dip for vegetable sticks or pitta bread.





ZUCCHINI RAITA WITH CUMIN AND MINT (YOGURT DIP)

(makes just over 2 cups)



Ingredients:

2 cups Greek yogurt or other thick yogurt (if you use regular yogurt, remember to strain it through a paper-towel lined sieve first)

5oz / 150g grated raw zucchini

2 scallions/spring onions, finely sliced (white and green parts)

3 packed Tbsp chopped fresh mint leaves

1 tsp cumin powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp red chilli powder (optional)





Directions:

    Measure out 2 cups of Greek or other thick yogurt. (If you are using regular yogurt, strain it through a paper-towel lined sieve to remove the excess liquid.)
    Grate the raw zucchini. Pick up the grated zucchini in your hands and squeeze the excess liquid out over the sink before adding it to the yogurt. Mix well.
    Slice the scallions/spring onions and chop the mint leaves, and then add them to the yogurt mixture. Stir.
    Add the cumin, salt and red chilli powder and stir until evenly mixed. (NB: The chilli powder is not necessary if you want to keep the raita cool and refreshing – it will still taste delicious).
    Refrigerate and serve cold with vegetable sticks, bread or as a side dish to a meal.

 Posted by totalsalads.com at 5:16 pm     Tagged with: best salad recipes, Dips, Gluten Free Salads, healthy salads, Pakistani/Indian Salads, yogurt dip, Zucchini Raita
Recipe: Spicy Peach Salad
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Apr 292013
    

Spicy Peach Salad




I grew up seeing my father regularly eating fruit with lashings of salt on top. As a child I found it counter-intuitive — if you’re going to eat fruit with salt, shouldn’t you just eat vegetables instead? It wasn’t until I was older that I was able to appreciate the mix of sweet, sour, salty and spicy.



This Spicy Peach Salad is a refreshing way to serve peaches once you’ve gotten tired of the cobblers and pies and peaches ‘n cream. It’s not sweet like a dessert, but tangy like a lemon sorbet… with chilli.



Make sure you use firm peaches otherwise they won’t stand up to the peeling and slicing necessary for this recipe. Through trial and error, I learned that peeled peaches are slippery – I mean, really slippery. The best way to slice up the peaches for this dish is in this order:

    Cut the peaches in half
    Remove the stone
    Peel off the skin using a small sharp knife or potato peeler
    Slice thinly







SPICY PEACH SALAD

(Serves 4)



Ingredients:

600g fresh firm peaches (roughly 4 peaches)

1/8 tsp red chilli powder

1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice (about half a lemon)

pinch of salt

pinch of black pepper

pomegranate seeds or mint leaves to garnish (optional)





Directions:

    Prepare the peaches by cutting them in half, removing the stones, peeling the skin off, and slicing thinly. Arrange neatly on a platter.
    In a small cup or jar, mix the chilli powder, lemon, salt and black pepper and stir well.
    Spoon the lemon and chilli dressing evenly over the peaches.
    Scatter with pomegranate seeds or mint leaves to garnish (optional).


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Recipe: Channa Chaat (Spicy Chickpea Salad)
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Apr 272013
    

Channa Chaat (Spicy Chickpea Salad)





Chaat (which means ‘lick‘ in Hindi) lives upto its name. It is a spicy-sweet-sour Pakistani/North Indian salad which makes you want to lick your plate clean. In my family, a birthday tea party is not complete without a bowl of chaat served alongside hot milky tea, birthday cake and some good gossip.



There are many versions of Chaat, which can include any of the following: channa (chickpeas), boiled potatoes, aloo tiki (fried potato cakes), sev (dried chickpea noodles), or papri (crisp fried dough).



Here, I’ve put together a quick and easy version of Channa Chaat which requires no cooking. Instead of buying pre-blended Chaat Masala (which is a combination of several spices), I prefer to use a few spices which I always have in my kitchen: cumin powder, chilli powder and salt. Tamarind paste, which is an integral ingredient in most Chaats, can be bought in most large supermarkets or ethnic grocery stores, and has a good shelf-life in the refrigerator.





CHANNA CHAAT (SPICY CHICKPEA SALAD)

(Serves 4-6)





Spicy Tamarind Dressing Ingredients:

2 Tbsp smooth tamarind paste (from a jar)

4 Tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice

2 tsp cumin powder

2 tsp brown sugar

1/4-1/2 tsp fine table salt

1/4-1/2 tsp hot chilli power (add more or less according to your taste, or omit entirely) (optional)

2 tsp freshly boiled water





Salad Ingredients:

500g cooked chickpeas (either drain 2 tins of chickpeas, or boil 250g dried chickpeas)

8oz / 200g cucumber, quartered and sliced horizontally

8oz / 100g tomatoes, deseeded and diced (roughly the same size as the cucumber pieces, or quartered if using cherry tomatoes)

4 Tbsp / 4oz / 80g red onion, peeled and finely diced

4 Tbsp tightly packed cilantro/coriander leaves, roughly chopped

1-2 sliced green chillies, finely sliced (deseeded if you want less spice, or omit entirely) (optional)





Directions:

    Prepare the Spicy Tamarind Dressing by combining all ingredients together and whisking well. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Remember that it is better to start with less chilli powder and add more if necessary. Set aside or refrigerate until ready to use.
    For the chickpeas, lightly rinse and drain good quality tinned chickpeas (you want around 500g after draining out all the liquid). If you prefer to cook your own chickpeas, this can be done by soaking 250g dried chickpeas in room temperature water for 8-24 hours. Discard the saoking water and then boil in fresh water for 30-45 minutes (uncovered). When the chickpeas are tender, drain them and allow them to cool to room temperature.
    Chop the cucumber, tomatoes, cilantro/coriander leaves, red onion and green chillies (optional), and toss them together with the room temperature chickpeas.
    Add the Spicy Tamarind Dressing and toss well until the salad is evenly coated.
    Refrigerate and serve cold. If it is too spicy, mix some plain yogurt with a small amount of cold water to thin it out, and drizzle it over the Channa Chaat.

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I’ll be posting a new Fourth of July dish every day this week. And I can’t promise there won’t be bacon involved at some point.

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There’s a reason dishes like potato salad, macaroni salad, and cole slaw have been around for ages and ages: when made well, they really are perfectly delicious. And there’s just something about these picnic dishes—the combination and the melding of flavors just screams summertime…friends…fun. Seriously! I just took a bite of this potato salad and I heard a hundred tiny voices scream “SUMMERTIME! FRIENDS! FUN!” at the top of their little bitty lungs.

Then I ate their little bitty lungs. They were delicious!

Okay, people. Listen. There are as many potato salad recipes in this great land of our as there are grains of sand in all the beaches in the world, and that ain’t no lie. There are potato salads made with red potatoes, russet potatoes, and sweet potatoes. There are potato salads with a mustard base…with a mayonnaise base…or with an oil and vinegar base. There are potato salads with herbs, with onions, with water chestnuts, with bacon. The list goes on and on.

But today, to keep things simple, I’m making potato salad. Plain—but absolutely scrumptious—potato salad. The kind that goes with baked beans and watermelon. The kind that’ll make your grandpa cry.

Though you can make this recipe simply by mashing the potatoes with a masher, it works wonderfully if you have a potato ricer or food mill on hand. (If you don’t have a potato ricer, you need to pick one up ASAP. Inexpensive, and they make potatoes oh, so fluffy.)


REE_1523The Cast of Characters: You’ll need some regular russet potatoes.


REE_1524Some eggs.


REE_1525Real mayonnaise. If you attempt to use that other stuff (the stuff from the devil) I will spank you.

Sometimes I even use homemade mayonnaise. Would you like to learn how to make it sometime? My mama showed me how.


REE_1527You’ll also need some small, whole pickles. I used to have a healthy aversion to sweet pickles, but now I love them. But feel free to use mini kosher dills if you prefer.


REE_1528You’ll need plenty of salt. Kosher is always best, but not required.


REE_1529And you’ll need prepared mustard. I went ultra traditional with this yellow mustard, but you can also use any Dijon or spicy mustard that makes your skirt fly up. (I usually use a combination of both.)


REE_1530You’ll need a few green onions, too. They add the most wonderful flavor without overpowering.


REE_1531The first thing I do is hard boil some eggs. I’m cooking extras so I can make deviled eggs later this week. To hard boil eggs, place the eggs in a pot and cover them with water.


REE_1545Bring the pot to a boil.


REE_1532Then cover the pot and turn off the heat. You can let them sit for 12 to 18 minutes, while you prepare the other ingredients.


REE_1534Wash about five pounds of russet potatoes (about 8 medium potatoes) and cut them into halves/thirds to facilitate even cooking.


REE_1562Boil them in water for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a fork can be easily inserted. Drain them in a colander.


REE_1535Cut the ends off of about five green onions. I usually do one green onion per pound of potatoes. I like coming up with little rules like that; makes my life easier.


REE_1537Slice the onions all the way up until you get to the darker green area of the onion.


REE_1539Now grab five or six pickles. (Again, I usually grab the same number of pickles as green onions.)


REE_1540Slice them into large chunks. No teeny pickle dice will do.


REE_1543I happened to have some dill in my garden and chopped up a little…but this is totally, totally optional. I just like the rebellion of using sweet pickles with fresh dill.

I have too much time to think out here. I stage imaginary rebellions between food flavors. Send help immediately.


REE_1548Get 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise ready to go, as well as about 4 or 5 tablespoons mustard, depending on how mustardy you like things.


REE_1550


REE_1564Now, I’m using a food mill because my potato ricer recently met with an untimely death (my boys touched it). But a food mill and a potato ricer accomplish basically the same thing in this scenario. And you can certainly mash them, too. But ever since Peggy, a friend of mine from church (who makes divine potato salad) told me she uses a ricer, I’ve never gone back to mashing.


REE_1565This is how a food mill works: as you crank the handle, it extrudes the food out of the bottom.


REE_1566You can see the fluffy texture of the potatoes. It almost looks like grated cheese, doesn’t it?


REE_1567Now, I could have peeled the potatoes before cooking them, but I have a small problem: I’m lazy.


REE_1569So I’d just periodically dump out the peel as I processed the potatoes. Is it wrong of me to want to salt this and eat it with a fork? I love potato peel.


REE_1572The potato’s all ready!


REE_1571And so are the eggs. Peel four of them.


REE_1588And give ‘em a rough chop.


REE_1575Now throw in the mustard and mayonnaise…


REE_1577The green onions…


REE_1578And plenty of salt and black pepper.


REE_1583Throw in the pickles and the eggs…


REE_1589And fold the mixture together gently.


REE_1590At this point I always give it a taste, then add more seasonings as needed. Here, I decided to add some paprika. Gives it just a little bit of an edge.


REE_1592And since I always desire to have the best of both worlds…


REE_1593I plop in a little Dijon.

But you don’t have to if you don’t want to.


REE_1596Don’t look now…but I do believe it’s ready! Just be sure to taste it at the very end and make sure it’s adequately seasoned! I don’t know about you, but my potatoes don’t come salted.


REE_1600Yep, this’ll do. This’ll absolutely, positively do!


REE_1615A sprinkling of dill tops it off nicely. This is the way potato salad should be! Fluffy, light, flavorful, and packed full of treats.

Hope you love it!


Recipe
Potato Salad

Prep Time:
    45 Minutes
Cook Time:
Difficulty:
    Easy
Servings:
    8

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Ingredients

    5 pounds Russet Potatoes (about 8 Medium Russets)
    1-1/2 cup Real Mayonnaise (NOT Miracle Whip)
    4 Tablespoons Prepared Mustard (regular, Dijon Or A Mixture Of Both)
    5 whole Green Onions, Sliced Up To The Darkest Green Part
    8 whole Small Sweet Pickles (may Use Dill If That's More Up Your Alley)
    1 teaspoon Kosher Salt (more To Taste)
    1/2 teaspoon Paprika
    1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper
    4 whole Hard Boiled Eggs

Preparation Instructions

Cut potatoes in halves or thirds, then boil until fork tender. Drain. Mash potatoes or run them through a ricer or food mill to make them extra fluffy. Fold potatoes together with mayonnaise, mustard, green onions, salt, pepper, and other seasonings you like. Fold in pickles and eggs, then taste for seasonings, adding more salt, mustard, or mayo as needed. You may also splash in juice from the pickle jar if salad needs a little moisture.

Serve with baked beans, coleslaw, pasta salad, burgers … and two pieces of pie.

And that’s an order.

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Barbecues aren’t just about grilling. They’re also about the delicious sides that go along with the main course. When we asked our Facebook fans about their favorite foods to eat at a barbecue, potato salad was got 5,367 votes — second only to Grilled Steak!

It even beat out my favorite, s’mores, but that’s a whole different story!

Of course you could go out to your local market and buy potato salad for your next backyard barbecue, but it’s so easy to make and then customize that you might as well try home-made, right?
Potato Salad’s Beginnings

You might assume that potato salad’s an All-American invention, but like so many of our “classics”, it came to us following a circuitous path.

Originally grown in South America, potatoes were first introduced in Europe by Spanish explorers somewhere around the 16th century. After that, many European countries started using them in their cuisine, with ingredients dependent on local custom. Then, as European settlers came to America, they brought their own versions of the simple, humble dish.

One of the first recipes ever mentioned comes from 1597 and includes prunes, wine, oil and vinegar. Cold potato salads evolved from British and French recipes while warm ones followed the German preference for hot vinegar and bacon dressings served over vegetables.
German Potato Salad

German Potato Salad

What we think of as potato salad may have originated in Germany, where they used a dressing with a “vinegar” bite, like sauerkraut. Some versions featured a little coarse mustard and others cut the sour with a little sugar. Most added some kind of meat like bacon. One of the biggest differences between German potato salad and others is that it is still usually served warm, not cold.

By the time potato salad traveled to France, the French palate demanded a full-scale vinaigrette. Unlike German potato salad, its French cousin contains potatoes and other vegetables in a light vinaigrette, with Dijon mustard and sweet tarragon.

Once established on our shores, makers of potato salad typically used mayoinase as the dressing base, not vinegar. Nowadays, potato salad is served as a side dish from Syria to Brazil and, of course, at nearly every backyard summer party here in the United States. Learn more about potato salad’s history.
German Recipes

I’ve grouped these into four — German, French, American, and ones you may not have seen yet. Of course, one of the best things about potato salad, in my opinion, is that you can modify recipes to suit your taste. After all, no one says you can’t use ingredients from different recipes to make something unique.

Here are three German classics, all served warm.

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French Recipes
French Potato Salad: History - Recipes

French Potato Salad

Leave it to the French to include Champagne vinegar as an ingredient!

French Potato Salad

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American Recipes

These are the ones we all remember — oldies but goodies!

Traditional Potato Salad

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Julia’s American-Style Potato Salad
Others to Try

Feeling adventurous? Try some of these recipes from countries around the world.

Greek Potato Salad

Syrian Potato Salad

Bulgarian Potato Salad

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Tuna Nicoise Salad
Griddled tuna kinda niçoise salad
With amazing homemade basil dressing
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    This is my take on the classic salad niçoise, looks really impressive and takes just 15 minutes

Serves 4
   
15m
   
Super easy
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Ingredients

    For the salad

    350 g mixed green and yellow beans

    ½ baguette

    12 black olives, (stone in)

    3 ripe mixed-colour tomatoes

    1 romaine lettuce

    20 g feta cheese

    1 lemon
    For the tuna & dressings

    1 big bunch fresh basil

    6 anchovy fillets

    1 lemon

    4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

    2 x 200 g tuna steaks, (2.5cm thick) from sustainable sources, ask your fishmonger

    1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

    1 heaped teaspoon wholegrain mustard

    1 teaspoon runny honey

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Method

Ingredients out • Kettle boiled • Medium lidded pan, high heat • Griddle pan, high heat • Liquidizer

START COOKING
Line the beans up and cut off the stalks, put them into the pan with a pinch of salt, then cover with boiling water and the lid • Slice the baguette into 2cm chunks and put on the griddle pan, turning when golden • Pick and reserve 10 baby sprigs of basil • Rip off the rest of the leaves and blitz them in the liquidizer with the anchovies, juice of 1 lemon, the extra virgin olive oil and a splash of water

Pour about 40% of the dressing on to a nice serving platter and put aside • Rub 10% into the tuna and season with salt and pepper • Pour the rest of the dressing into a big bowl with the vinegar, mustard and honey, then mix together • Drain the cooked beans, remove the stones from the olives, roughly chop the tomatoes, then add it all to the bowl of dressing and toss together

Put the tuna on the griddle pan and cook for 2 minutes on each side, or until blushing in the middle • Chop the lettuce into 2cm chunks, tear the toasts into croutons and arrange over a large board with the lettuce • Scatter the dressed beans, olives and tomatoes over the top • Tear each tuna steak in half and add to the dressing platter • Scatter over the reserved basil leaves, crumble over the feta and serve with lemon wedges
Nutritional Information Amount per serving:

    Calories 491 25%
    Carbs 37.7g 15%
    Sugar 8.5g 9%
    Fat 20.9g 30%
    Saturates 4.5g 23%
    Protein 33.8g 75%

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