Discovering new foods is fun but trying it in its natural environment is even better. Tourism Mauritius is running a competition where you can win a luxury 7 days holidays to… Mauritius! All you have to do is to fill out a short quiz and enter your details on Mauritius c’est un plaisir Facebook page, but hurry as the competition entry ends on 27th April.
As a teaser, I received a food pack to give me an idea of what is Mauritian food. Within my lovely goodie pack was a cookbook, a Mauritian cookbook. I have to admit the dishes look simply delicious, so light and fresh and very summer like. I started my experiments with a Mauritian Potato Salad.
The original recipe comes from Shelina Sunshine on the plate, by Master Chef Winner Shelina Permalloo. I did amend the recipe slightly but only in so far as halving the volume of the original ingredients as I didn’t have a need for an 8 person serving.
Ingredients:
- 200g potatoes, King Edward preferred; unpeeled
- 2 carrots; unpeeled
- 2 large eggs
- 2 spring onions; chopped
- 25ml olive oil
- 1tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1.5tbsp mayonnaise
- 1tsp fresh ground black pepper
- 3/4tsp sea salt
Method:
Place the whole potatoes and carrots in a large pan of water over a high heat and bring it to boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Add eggs and simmer for further 15 minutes. Remove the eggs and set aside. Drain potatoes and carrots and leave to cool.
Peel the potatoes, carrots and eggs. Cut the potatoes and carrots into 1cm slices and quarters the eggs lengthwise. Place in a large serving bowl and sprinkle with spring onions.
In a small bowl mix together all remaining ingredients and then add them to your salad stirring ever so gently. Finish with some extra fresh ground pepper and serve.
That’s all she wrote. Easy peesy and you have a lovely salad on your plate.
Have you ever travelled to Mauritius?
Did you ever have the chance to taste any Mauritian dishes?
oh i love this idea all the ingredients are appealing
Potato Salad is one of my faves and this looks so very delicious!
These sound incredible, I will definitely have to give them a try
Oh, yummers, that looks amazing. I have never tried any Mauritian dishes, this looks like the good one to start!xx
Yum!!! This looks great. I would love to visit Mauritius but this would be very nice in the meantime!!
guess what? this salad is the best prize ever… many thanks for sharing… and the best thing is, I have all things I will need in my kitchen YAY!
I wasn’t sure at first about the sauce but it is extremely tasty.
Did you like it?
I make it tomorrow with grilled saumon :o) think the eggs and the onions give it a special taste :o)
Tomorrow is already here… can I pop by to have some salmon?
Grilled salmon sounds so nice and it will be lunch time soon 🙂
I made it… it was GREAT! I cheated a little with the dressing, but it was delicious. I will post it tomorrow, many thanks for sharing a super recipe for potato salad :o)
I think I will replace some mayo with creme fraiche :o)
What a delicious sounding recipe! I have never been to Mauritius I would definitely love to though! x
Looks fab but would taste even better in the sunshine of Mauritius!
Indeed. I couldn’t agree more.
This looks perfect for picnics and I bet it would go down a treat if it’s was eaten while in Mauritius! X
This looks amazing. Perfect for this hot weather as its not too heavy yet it looks filling. I have never been to Mauritius but would love to
This looks ideal for quick and fresh alfresco dining in the summer. No I have never been to Mauritius and yes - We would love to go.
This sounds and looks delicious - and of course, we would love to go to Mauritius!!
It really does look light and perfect for this warm weather we are having. We have never been to Mauritius, but I would like to. 🙂