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North African Inspired Spicy Potato Salad

The Home Cooks Kitchen
Love a salad that packs a punch? Try this spicy potato salad inspired by one of my favourite North African spices - harissa. This recipe is so easy to make, requiring just 10 ingredients!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Salad
Cuisine North African
Servings 4 people
Calories 168 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 8 oz small potatoes note 1
  • 1 teaspoon harissa spice note 2
  • 2 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 4 spring onions/green onions
  • 6 oz arugula/rocket note 3
  • 3 oz feta
  • 20 mint leaves roughly chopped
  • 2 tablespoon pine nuts
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • 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.

Notes

Note 1 - in Australia, the tiniest potatoes I would use would be chat potatoes. In America, I use the smallest potatoes I can find. Baby red potatoes work a treat, or any others that you can find! We have some beauties here that are mixed colour which are wonderful. If you can't find small potatoes, use a red potato like a russet and just cup them into halves or quarters.
Note 2 - harissa is easy to find in most supermarkets. In Australia, Master Foods have a harissa spice that is found in supermarkets. In America, I found mine in World Market. If you can't find it, I might suggest using a spice mix of cumin, coriander, cayenne (just a smidge) and paprika. I haven't tried it, but these spices marry well together.
Note 3 - I'm really bad at measuring things like salad leaves! About 3 decent sized handfuls should be enough, but it really depends on how many people you are aiming to feed or how many leftovers you want!