Lebanese

Serves 2-4

Preparation time 20 minutes

Cooking time 30 minutes

Ingredients:

1. 3 medium sized potatoes, diced into bite sized pieces
2. 1 medium onion, finely chopped
3. 3-4 cloves of garlic, minced
4. Green chillies - 2-3 (cut finely)
5. 1  medium bell pepper, cur into thick strips
6. 1/2 cup fresh corriander leaves, finely chopped
7. 1 tbsp olive oil
8. 1 teaspoon lemon juice
9. salt and pepper to taste
10. oil for frying the potatoes

Directions:

Heat oil and fry the diced potatoes  like french fries until crisp. Once golden remove on a tissue papaer to absorb the excess oil. After all the potatoes are fried heat olive oil in a wok. Add onions garilc, bell pepper and  green chillies and saute for a minute. Once done add the potatoes, season with salt pepper and lemon juice. Add half od the corriander and toss well.  Transfer in a serving platter and garnish with the remaining corriander. Serve immediately.

I love Lebanese dips and they are very popular in parties. They are so easy to make that it saves time when you are having a huge party and defiantly gives more variety to your guests. You can add any amount of small appetizers into your Mezze platter. Since the four dips below are my family and my favorite and have also been super hit in parties I decided to make them into a Lebanese Mezze Dip Platter.

Dips used in this Mezze Platter (In the picture from l-r):

1.Olive Tapenade

2.Baba Ghanoush

3.Spicy Hummus

4.Muhammara