Viazi karai
Viazi karai, from above
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Viazi karai

Potatoes in turmeric gram flour batter, fried golden. Mombasa's favourite street snack.

35 minTime
10 gProtein each
mediumSpice
Coast street food2 chapters · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayPotatoes in turmeric gram flour batter, fried.
The original
372kcalsame
10 gproteinsame
7 gfibresame
35minutessame

Classic viazi karai.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Potato4 medium, boiled and halved
Besan (chickpea flour, gram flour)1 cup
Turmeric (ground turmeric)1 tsp
Garlic2 cloves, grated
Ginger1 tsp, grated
Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)1 tsp
Coriander leaves (cilantro)a little, chopped
Wateras needed
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying (about 60 ml absorbed)
Saltto taste

Method

3 steps
  1. 1Boil the potatoes until just tender, peel and halve.
  2. 2Whisk besan, turmeric, garlic, ginger, chilli, coriander, salt and water into a thick batter.
  3. 3Dip the potatoes and fry in hot oil until golden and crisp.
Serve it like this

Serve hot in a paper cone with tamarind sauce, chilli sauce and kachumbari.

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What goes with Viazi karai: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

On the side Kachumbari10 min
On the side Mukimo40 min
A little snack Mshikaki40 min
To drink Shaah12 min
To drink South Indian filter coffee20 min
Something sweet Puran poli90 min
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