A healthier, more convenient option

Sweet Potato Batata Harra

banner
Preparation info
  • Serves

    4-6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Red Sea Cookbook: Over 100 family recipes and stories from Saudi Arabia

By Madeeha Qureshi

Published 2026

  • About

Batata harra is a much-loved spud side, snack, a munch bowl – or call it whatever you like! It can be a bit time-consuming. But I have a trick up my sleeve – instead of using diced potatoes, my hack is to use frozen sweet potato fries. If you decide to peel and make sweet potato fries from scratch – be my guest. But trust me, using store-bought fries gives it better crunch and the harra sauce holds on to the fries well without making the sweet spud soggy.

The word harra