Potato Bhajia
This is a spicy recipe common among Kenyan Indian community. It is served as part of a main meal and is eaten by the entire family
Ingredients
3 potatoes, unpeeled, white, Irish (809 g)
1 small piece of ginger (11 g)
4 cloves garlic (14 g)
4 green chillies (8 g)
1 bunch (30 g) coriander leaves
1 cups (133 g) gram flour
1 ½ tsp. (8 g) salt, iodized
1 tsp. (2 g) red chilli powder
1 tsp. (2 g) turmeric powder
Juice of ½ lemon (2 g)
4 1/8 cups (818 g) cooking oil
1/3 cup (68 g) water
1 pinch (1 g) bicarbonate of soda
Preparation 10 minutes | Cooking 40 minutes | Serves 4
• Peel the potatoes, wash, cut into round shapes and put aside.
• Crush the garlic, ginger and green chilli. Cut the coriander leaves.
• Into a clean dry bowl, add all the ingredients and mix (gram flour, ginger, garlic, red chilli, green chillies, coriander leaves, salt, turmeric powder, lemon juice and bicarbonate of soda).
• Into the mixed ingredients, add cut potatoes and mix to evenly coat the potatoes.
• Add a little water if necessary.
• Put cooking oil into a cooking pot and heat for 7 minutes.
• Put in the coated potatoes and fry for 8 minutes.
• Remove from oil and place onto paper towels to drain the oil.
• Serve while hot.
Nutrition data per 100g of recipe:
Energy 1,960 kJ/ 471 kcal |│ Fat 31.0 g |│ Carbohydrates 37.1 g |│ Protein 8.6 g |│ Fibre 4.8 g │
Vitamin A 5 mcg |│ Iron 3.0 mg │| Zinc 0.78 mg
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