Name: Popular Viazi Karai By Mayuri’s Jikoni
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Kenyan Recipes
Ingredients: 8 medium potatoes, boiled and peeled; 1 tbsp garlic paste; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 2 tsp red chilli powder; ½ tsp salt; 2 ¾ cups chana flour; ¼ cup plain flour; ¾ tsp salt; ¼ tsp turmeric powder; 2 tbsp hot oil; ¾ cup water; oil for deep frying; 1 cup fresh grated coconut; ¼ cup finely chopped raw mango; 2-3 green chillis; ½ tsp salt; 1 cup water

RatingDifficultyIntermediate

Yields8 Servings

Prep Time15 minsCook Time30 minsTotal Time45 mins

A contribution for a traditional Mombasa dish for Kalyani’s blog is Viazi Karanga or known more famously as Viazi Karai. Karai here refers to a basin or huge bowl or wok. Viazi in Kiswahili means potato.

This snack is so famous all over Mombasa. Its served as street food (where in the evenings in some old parts of Mombasa or the slum areas, women come out in the evening at their doorstep and prepare this snack for passersby).

8 medium potatoes, boiled and peeled

For the filling:

1 tbsp garlic paste

2 tbsp lemon juice

2 tsp red chilli powder

½ tsp salt

For the batter:

2 ¾ cups chana flour (besan, chickpea flour, unga ya ndengu)

¼ cup plain flour(all purpose flour)

¾ tsp salt

¼ tsp turmeric powder(haldi, manjano)

2 tbsp hot oil

¾ cup water

oil for deep frying

For the Chutney:

1 cup fresh grated coconut

¼ cup finely chopped raw mango(peeled)

2-3 green chillis

½ tsp salt

1 cup water

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CategoryFried, Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, SnackCuisineKenyan RecipesCooking MethodSnack, AppetizerTags#kenyanfood, #easkykenyanstreetfood, #famousmombasasnack, #famoussnackinmombasa, #healthyafricankenyansnack, #kenyanstreetfood, #mombasarecipe, #swahilicuisine, #viazikaranga

Ingredients

8 medium potatoes, boiled and peeled

For the filling:

1 tbsp garlic paste

2 tbsp lemon juice

2 tsp red chilli powder

½ tsp salt

For the batter:

2 ¾ cups chana flour (besan, chickpea flour, unga ya ndengu)

¼ cup plain flour(all purpose flour)

¾ tsp salt

¼ tsp turmeric powder(haldi, manjano)

2 tbsp hot oil

¾ cup water

oil for deep frying

For the Chutney:

1 cup fresh grated coconut

¼ cup finely chopped raw mango(peeled)

2-3 green chillis

½ tsp salt

1 cup water

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