Potesara-How to make Japanese Potato Salad
“Pote-Sara” is the cute short name for Japanese-style potato salad or Pothetho Sarada as we say in Japanese. Homemade potato salad is delicious and easy to make, so today let’s make it.
Servings: 4 to 6
Ingredients
- 1 small cucumber
- ½ medium onion
- 1/2 medium carrot
- 50 grams cooked ham
- 400 grams 2 to 3 potatoes boiled
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon chicken bouillon powder
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard or yellow mustard optional
Instructions
- Thinly slice the cucumber and onion. Place both in a bowl and sprinkle with ½ teaspoon of salt. When they are wilted, squeeze them out tightly, discarding the moisture.
- Dice the carrot (raw or boiled) into small pieces (peel, if desired)
- Dice the ham into small pieces.
- Put the boiled potatoes in a bowl and mash roughly using a fork or spoon, leaving lots of lumps. Add the milk, sugar, chicken bouillon powder, salt and pepper to taste while it's warm. Mix and leave to cool down a little.
- Add mayonnaise & mustard, and mix.
- Add the carrot, cucumber, onion, and ham and mix loosely.
- Cover and chill in the refrigerator.