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Chipsi Mayai

Tanzania's favorite street food: crispy fries set in a fluffy omelet, served with kachumbari salad and chili sauce.

Chipsi Mayai, a dish from Tanzania

Photo: iamkevoo / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

⏱ 30 min📶 Easy👫 Serves 2🥬 Vegetarian☪ Muslim-friendly

Ingredients (for 2)

Steps

  1. Fry the potatoes until golden and crisp, then drain and salt.
  2. For kachumbari, mix the tomato, onion and cucumber with lime juice and salt.
  3. Beat the eggs with a pinch of salt.
  4. Put half the fries in a lightly oiled pan, pour over half the eggs and cook until set; flip and cook 1 minute more. Repeat.
  5. Serve with kachumbari and chili sauce.
Cook it together: One handles the fries, the other makes the salad and flips the omelets.
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