Meleg Krumplisaláta - Hungarian Warm Potato Salad Recipe

Name: Meleg Krumplisaláta - Hungarian Warm Potato Salad Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 6 Potatoes (firm - boiled, peeled and sliced); 1 tsp Salt; 1/2 cracked pepper (or to taste); 1 TBSP Olive oil (you can also use 1 TBSP Butter); 1/2 cup Sour Cream (See quick tip below for Sour cream substitute for this salad); 1 Onion (medium ,finely chopped or use green and white portions of scallion); 1/2 TBSP parsley (finely chopped, or sub with chives or dill)

Published: Sep 9, 2014 · Modified: Feb 24, 2024 by Kalyani · This post may contain affiliate links · 31 Comments

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Meleg Krumplisaláta is a warm summery potato salad from Hungarian Cuisine. Served with grilled meats, sauteed veggies or a warm loaf of bread.

A potato salad is quintessential when you think of Vegetarian cuisine outside India. Wiki tells us we have about 60-80 varieties of Potato Salad across the world - and these are documented recipes. There might be at least that many or even double that number which are followed by home chefs, sometimes a guarded recipe passed down generations.

There's definitely something about the tuber that makes it endearing to potato lovers across the globe, be it in the warm or cold versions.

Today, we try a Warm potato salad - Meleg Krumplisaláta (Pronounced as May-leg KROOM-plee-shaw-lah taw) from Hungary (a Central-European Nation) that had us tickled pink as we had it over one weekend for brunch along with some Wholewheat Garlic Knots and it was a yummy meal for sure.

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The original recipe also included hardboiled eggs which we skipped. Its a delicious salad that you cant have enough.. Crazily enough even my LO was licking her teeny weeny portion as if she liked it :-))So, come summer (or winter), this salad is sure to wow you !

Country : Hungary ; Dish : Meleg Krumplisaláta - Warm potato salad

Serving suggestions : grilled veggies or meats or a warm bread

Prep time : 15 mins | Cook time: 10 mins | Serves : 4

Adapted from here

What you need to make Meleg Krumplisaláta

6 Potatoes ( firm - boiled, peeled and sliced)
1 teaspoon Salt
½ cracked pepper (or to taste)
1 tablespoon Olive oil ( you can also use 1 tablespoon Butter)
½ cup Sour Cream (See quick tip below for Sour cream substitute for this salad)
1 Onion ( medium ,finely chopped or use green and white portions of scallion)
½ tablespoon parsley (finely chopped, or sub with chives or dill)

How to make Meleg Krumplisaláta

Peel the boiled potatoes and get thickish slices (you can also cube them if you wish).
In a pan, saute onions in butter or olive oil.
Add sour cream and stir on low flame, add salt and pepper. switch off flame in 2 mins
Drizzle this sauce over the warm sliced potatoes. Drizzle more oil if you wish and garnish.

Quick tip for Sour cream :

Blend together about 50 gms of paneer, a dollop of yoghurt and a dash of lime juice to get a smooth, instant sour
cream substitute.

Either way, ensure that the sauce isn't boiled or simmered, but just blended enough to pour over the potatoes. Add a dash of milk to make the sauce a lil more runny, if you wish.

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