Lebanese dishes FTW

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This was my dinner last night. I'd made Chile Shrimp and chickpea salad Saturday for dinner, and had both left over. I also made some batata hara to accompany my other dishes last night.

Was a very delicious dinner. Still have the  spicy potatoes and the chickpea salad for dinner tonight.

What's happened to me????

Normally if alone and having decided to have potatoes and cauliflower for dinner, it would be really simple. The cauliflower would be put in a corning ware, slathered in Italian dressing and nuked from 5-8 minutes. The potatoes would have been forked and put in a corning ware and nuked for a few minutes as well. Voila dinner.

No... Tonight I took the time and made grilled cauliflower in the oven and batata harra [Lebanese spicy potatoes]. Was very yummy.

Amazing the difference fresh cilantro can make.

Made some more batata harra this Sunday for brunch and this time they tasted perfect.  The secret is fresh cilantro. The dried one will never give it any taste that will even resemble cilantro.

I love spicy potatoes. I have mastered this recipe enough to be able to share with others.

Delicious homemade batata harra.

Batata harra

Or Lebanese spicy potatoes. I attempted making some for the 2nd time. They turned out pretty good except I used dried cilantro instead of fresh. I should have used fresh. Could not taste the cilantro. I did make them hot though. So they were spicy, just not tasting exactly right.   I loosely followed this recipe.

Batata Harra