Easiest Way to Cook Perfect Green Batata Harra 🌱 (Spicy Lebanese Mezze Potatoes)

Green Batata Harra 🌱 (Spicy Lebanese Mezze Potatoes). Batata harra is a Lebanese spicy potatoes side dish that's full of flavor. Easy to make and perfect to serve as part of a mezze or with grilled meat dishes! That literally translates to spicy potatoes, as these potatoes pack in some heat from the crushed red pepper flakes.

Crisp, spicy and fresh, they are the star of the show and should have their own accompaniments rather than being one themselves. A video recipe for Lebanese Spicy Potatoes (Batata Harra) using baked potato chunks, chilli pepper, garlic, herbs and lemon juice. They make a wonderful appetizer or main dish that is dairy-free, Gluten-free and Vegan. You can cook Green Batata Harra 🌱 (Spicy Lebanese Mezze Potatoes) using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Green Batata Harra 🌱 (Spicy Lebanese Mezze Potatoes)

1. It's 2 of large potatoes - cubed.
2. Prepare 1 of red chilli -chopped (and/or crushed chilli flakes).
3. You need 3 cloves of garlic - crushed.
4. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric (you can sub for Lebanese chilli paste for variation).
5. You need 1 teaspoon of coriander seeds.
6. It's 1 pinch of mustard seeds (optional).
7. It's 1 pinch of cumin seeds (optional).
8. Prepare 1 bunch of coriander.
9. Prepare 1/2 bunch of mint (optional).
10. It's 1/2 bunch of parsley (optional).
11. You need 1 of lemon (or lime is also nice for a variation).
12. It's 1 pinch of sea salt.
13. It's 3 tablespoons of rapeseed oil (or cooking oil of your choice).

Similar to the flavourful potatoes you can purchase in Lebanese restaurants throughout Ottawa, Canada. Batata Harra is a wonderful addition to any mezze, with its combination of crunch and heat from the pepper, it really is to die for! These Lebanese potatoes are an upgrade of any other spicy potatoes I've tried in the States. Did you know that the humble potato is the first vegetable to be grown in space?

Green Batata Harra 🌱 (Spicy Lebanese Mezze Potatoes) instructions

1. Peel and cube the potatoes, parboil and cool. You don’t need to do this first but it does make them easier to cook and I find that they are not so oily. You can cook as below or in the oven by spraying with oil and baking in the oven on a high heat until crispy. I have a garlic rapeseed oil which does the job perfectly..
2. Heat a little oil in a pan. Add the potatoes and cook on a medium heat until they start to get get crispy. Add the coriander seeds (they will start to pop) and the turmeric, chilli and garlic and continue to fry until the spices are cooked and the potatoes are crispy..
3. Chop your herbs, squeeze with lemon juice and sprinkle with sea salt. You can combine with the potatoes at this stage but if I’m serving cold I prefer to save half of the herbs to combine at the last minute, it helps them to stay fresh and vibrant. Serve with an extra wedge of lemon 🍋.

Batata harra "spicy potatoes" is a Lebanese vegetable dish mainly consisting of potatoes, red peppers, coriander, chili, and garlic which are all fried together in olive oil. Batata Harra is usually served as mezze (appetizer). Home › Food Fetish › Batata Harra (Spicy Potatoes) - Recipe. I am pretty sure you must be busy with Ramadan with a tight schedule between prayers and work. Here's another easy recipe of Spicy Potatoes, commonly known as Batata Harra - a Mezze favorite of the Levant region.