Turkish Potato Salad Patates Salatasi Recipes

TURKISH HOMEMADE POTATO SALAD (PATATES SALATASI)

Steps:

• Wash the potatoes and place them in a large pot. Fill the pot with water until it covers the potatoes. Add a generous pinch of salt and place the pot over medium high heat.
• Bring the water to boil and let the potatoes cook for about 20-30 minutes until they are fork tender. Drain and let the potatoes cool completely.
• Peel the potatoes and cut them into chunks. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix olive oil, Aleppo pepper, sumac and salt. Mix well.
• Add the potatoes to the dressing and stir gently to cover all the potatoes in the dressing.
• Add chopped green onion, parsley, and halved Kalamata olives to the potatoes and stir well.
• Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Top with quartered boiled eggs right before serving.

TURKISH POTATO SALAD RECIPE (PATATES SALATASı)

Steps:

• Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil and add your potatoes.
• Boil your potatoes for around 15 minutes.
• Do a taste test and if your potatoes are al dente, remove them from the heat, drain and leave to cool.
• Your potatoes will continue to cook as they cool so don't leave them boiling until they are soft otherwise, they will break up later.
• Once cooled, add your potatoes to a large serving bowl and add the onion, peppers & parsley and carefully mix everything together.
• Now sprinkle the chilli flakes and sumac into your potato salad.
• Squeeze the lemon juice all over the salad and drizzle the oil.
• Mix again and serve as part of your meze table or as an accompaniment to meat and fish.