🇱🇧 Lebanon
Batata Harra
In Lebanese restaurants the batata harra plate lands golden and sizzling, and it never survives more than a few minutes.
🔪 Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 15 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
4 people
✨ What makes it special
Twice-cooked potatoes finished in a hot pan with garlic, fresh coriander, chili flakes, and a squeeze of lemon.
Ingredients
- 1 kgpotatoes, cubed
- 6 clovesgarlic, minced
- 1 bunchfresh coriander, chopped
- 1 tspchili flakes
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 tspsalt
- to tasteoil for frying
Method
- 1
Fry the potato cubes in hot oil until deep gold and crisp, then drain on paper.
- 2
In a wide pan, warm a spoon of oil and soften the garlic with the chili flakes — seconds only, don't let it brown.
- 3
Tumble in the potatoes and most of the coriander, tossing until every cube is coated and fragrant.
- 4
Season with salt, hit with lemon juice off the heat, and shower with the remaining coriander.
- 5
Serve immediately while the edges still crackle.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 4