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The boiled potatoes are combined with parsley and spring onions, while the salad is flavoured with the classic oil and lemon juice. The recipe comes from Palechori in Nicosia district.
Name - Recipe
Πατατοσαλάτα.
½ kilo of potatoes
1 fresh onion, finely chopped
Parsley, finely chopped
Lemon juice
Olive oil
Salt
Pepper (optional)
Wash and boil the potatoes. When they have cooled down well, peel them and cut them into small cubes. Add the parsley and chopped onion and mix. Whisk the oil, lemon juice and salt in a bowl and pour over the salad. (Rigina Damianou, Cooking Cypriot food 2012-2013)
Boiling.
To make sure the potato is cooked, pierce it with a knife. If it is soft, it means that it is cooked (Rigina Damianou, Cooking Cypriot food 2012-2013).
Additional information and bibliography
Recording: Rigina Damianou (13 years old, student of the Gymnasium - Lyceum Olympion) from the narration of Dimitra Damianou (47 years old, Palaichori). See Cyprus Food and Nutrition Museum (2014); Cooking Cypriot food 2012-2013 (ed. Petroula Hadjittofi), unpublished data.
Petroula Hadjittofi
Μαϊντανός, ένα από τα πιο διαδεδομένα αρωματικά φυτά της κυπριακής κουζίνας. Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
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