Hello, I'm MASA!
Today I am going to share a delicious potato dish
In Japanese, it's called Poteto Sarada (as written in Japanese)
In Chinese , it's called potato salad
This potato salad is commonly found in "yoshoku ya", which sells Japanized Western dishes
So this can be considered a Japanese style Western dish
The recipe is really simple!
So let's get started!
So, this is the main lead for today
Potato!
The easily available potato
Okay, how is the potato cooked?
It depends on what is convenient for you
The ideal way is to heat the potato with the skin intact so as to retain the sweetness
But you will have to spend a lot of time and a lot of gas ^^;
So if you do not want to spend too much time and save time, it's alright
You can remove the skin and cut into small pieces and apply heat
It's okay as well
You can boil, steam or even microwave it
So it really depends on your personal preference, it's all okay
Add salt
It doesn't matter if your potato is whole or cut, always start cooking from cold water!
The carrot can be cooked together as well
Keep the water simmering and cook till soft
Slice 1/4 of an onion
Slice 1/2 a cucumber
Add salt (1/4 tsp)
Mix well, and leave for about 10 min
Cut the ham into small pieces
Remember to use different chopping boards for vegetables and raw meat~!
Smoked salmon or fried bacon is yummy too~!
I have prepared to cook the eggs separately
Just boil the egg as per how you usually do, as long as it is fully cooked
I usually start from cold water
Cook for 10 min after the water starts boiling and afterwards, rinse in cold water to cool it down
How do you differentiate a raw egg and a boiled egg?
The exteriors are the same
How do you tell if it's raw or cooked?
I guess many of you already know how...
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The easiest method is to
You can spin them and you'll know
Like this
<- A pleased expression
So if you do this, you can know
A raw egg spins slowly...
A cooked egg spins fast!
Featuring a Spinner
So if you are in the kitchen and get busy
and maybe you have mixed up the raw and cooked eggs
and you don't know which is which
Just give it a spin and you will know which is raw and which is cooked, okay?
It's really convenient
Peel the egg
It's easier if you peel it in the water~!
The water has been drawn out
Squeeze out the excess water
15 min later...
Remove the cooked carrot
The potato is bigger, it needs a longer cooking time
About another 25 min later (total cooking time is about 40 min)..
It's finally fully cooked~!
Remove the skin with a wet cheesecloth/ cooking gauze
If you are using a thin-skinned potato (eg. Red potato)
there is no need to remove the skin. The skin can be mashed too!
It is easier to work when the potato is still warm!
Use a masher to mash the potato
Add the egg, and mash
If you do not have a masher, you can use a rolling pin or empty bottle
Cut up the cooked carrot
Or you can mash it up with the potato!
Add the drained cucumber, onion
and the ham
Sugar - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Pepper - in moderation
Mayonnaise - 1 tbs
Yogurt - 50g
Dijon mustard - 1 tsp
Sprinkle some pepper again
Chili powder
Extra virgin olive oil
Okay, the delicious potato salad has been completed!
I'll taste it now!
The colors are really pretty too
Dewa, Itadakimasu!
I really like it!
I'm been eating this potato salad since I was a child
Now that I am a grown-up
I can adjust the taste
So I added more onion
and more black pepper
and Dijon mustard
You can taste more of the spice
If you're afraid of the high calorie count, use less mayonnaise
You can add more yogurt and it'll be okay
There are many variations
You can add pumpkin or sweet potato
It can add on the sweetness
You can make it in large quantities and keep in containers
Leftovers can be used to make sandwiches
Or you can spread over rice in a heat proof dish, sprinkle some cheese powder and make baked rice!
So there are many variations to this dish
The recipe is really easy
Everyone, please try it!
Thank you!
I might as well play this
Spinner~
It's quite fun!
Okay, it's not important