Potato Bhajia

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