Salatet batata Lebanese potato salad with mint and lemon

Name: Salatet batata Lebanese potato salad with mint and lemon
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Lebanese
Ingredients: 800g waxy potatoes, such as Charlotte, halved; 4 spring onions, sliced; 20g fresh mint, chopped; 20g fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped; 4 tbsp olive oil; 2 lemons, juiced; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 1 tsp sumac; 0.5 tsp fine sea salt

A light potato salad with spring onion, lemon and mint. Perfect for a barbecue as there is no mayonnaise.

Time30 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.61 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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800 gwaxy potatoessuch as Charlotte, halved
4spring onionssliced
20 gfresh mintchopped
20 gfresh flat leaf parsleychopped
4 tbspolive oil
2lemonsjuiced
1garlic clovecrushed
1 tspsumac
½ tspfine sea salt

Method

1
Boil the potatoes in salted water for 15 minutes until a knife slides in easily. Drain and leave to steam dry for 5 minutes.
15 min
2
Whisk the olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, sumac and salt.
3
Cut the warm potatoes into chunks and pour over the dressing. Warm potatoes soak up the flavour.
4
Fold in the spring onions, mint and parsley.
5
Leave to cool for 10 minutes and serve at room temperature.
10 min

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