Spicy Vegetable Salad

Prep: 15min
| Servings: 6 | Cook: 45min
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Light vegetable salad with creamy tuna sauce and eggs: a Russian-origin recipe that is now familiar to every child in Spain.

Ingredients

  • 1 kg waxy potatoes
  • Salt
  • 4 eggs
  • 0.5 lemon
  • 185 g canned tuna in own juice
  • 40 g capers
  • 300 g Yogurt (0.3% fat)
  • 150 g Sour cream
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • Pepper
  • 500 g carrots
  • 200 g frozen peas
  • 150 g green beans
  • 1 large red onion

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Wash the potatoes thoroughly, cook with skins in salted water for 20-30 minutes depending on size. Drain, rinse under cold water and let cool slightly before peeling completely.

  2. 2.

    Place eggs in boiling water and hard boil for 8-9 minutes. Drain, rinse under cold water and set aside.

  3. 3.

    Squeeze lemon juice. Drain tuna and capers. Combine with lemon juice, yogurt, sour cream, and olive oil in a tall bowl. Blend with an immersion blender until smooth. Season with salt and pepper, then refrigerate.

  4. 4.

    Wash, trim, and dice carrots finely; cook in boiling salted water for 5-6 minutes. Add peas after 3 minutes. Drain, rinse under cold water and let drain well.

  5. 5.

    Wash and trim green beans; boil in salted water for 8 minutes. Drain, rinse under cold water and let drain well.

  6. 6.

    Peel the onion and chop very finely. Bring vinegar with double the amount of water to a boil; cook onion for 1 minute. Drain, rinse under cold water and let drain well.

  7. 7.

    Cut cooled potatoes into roughly 1 cm cubes.

  8. 8.

    Combine all prepared vegetables with the sauce. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and lemon juice. Peel eggs, halve or quarter them, and use as garnish before serving.