Carrot Potato Salad – African Recipes

Recipe ingredients and directions:

Salade de Carottes et Pommes de Terre (North Africa)

(Boiled Carrot and Potato Salad)

Serves 6

3/4 lb (350 g) carrots

3/4 lb (350 g) potatoes

Salt

Juice of 1/2 lemon or more

4-5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

1/2 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon paprika

Pinch of cayenne

3 garlic cloves, crushed in a press or finely chopped

Trim and scrape or peel the carrots. Peel the potatoes. Cut both

into large pieces and boil in slightly salted water for about 20

minutes, or until they are very tender. Drain, then cut up the

vegetables, and mash them with a fork or potato masher. Beat the

lemon juice and olive oil with salt, cumin, paprika, cayenne, and

garlic and mix well with the carrots and potatoes.

Category: African Recipes