Spicy North African Potato Salad
A comforting Moroccan vegetarian built around small potatoes, harissa spice and rocket β roughly 65 minutes start to finish, and rated medium to make. Scroll down for the ingredient checklist, a serving scaler and unit converter, and the method broken into 8 steps.
You'll mainly reach for large pot and saucepan. At medium difficulty across 8 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, the ingredients are plant-based.
What you'll need
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How to make it
- Cook potatoes - place potatoes in a pot of cold water, and bring to the boil. Boil 20 minutes, or until potatoes are tender. You know they are cooked when you can stick a knife in them and the knife goes straight through.
- Combine harissa spice, olive oil, salt and pepper and lemon juice in a small bowl and whisk until combined.
- Once potatoes are cooked, drain water and roughly chop potatoes in half.
- Add harissa mix and spring onions/green onions to potatoes and stir.
- In a large salad bowl, lay out arugula/rocket.
- Top with potato mix and toss.
- Add fetta, mint and sprinkle over pine nuts.
- Adjust salt and pepper to taste.
You'll use: Large pot Β· Saucepan Β· Whisk
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Ingredient substitutions
- Lemon
- lime Β· 1 tbsp white wine vinegar per lemon
What to serve with Spicy North African Potato Salad
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- Tahini Lentils Vegetarian
Tips & common questions
How long does Spicy North African Potato Salad take to make?
About 65 minutes from start to finish β an estimate based on the 8 steps and 11 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of lemon?
Try lime. See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes β use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Spicy North African Potato Salad vegan?
Based on its ingredients, this recipe contains no meat, fish, dairy or egg, so it looks vegan-friendly. Always double-check labels on packaged items.
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