Potato chips (Maru bhajiya). Crispy potato fritters recipe often known as " maru na bhajiya ". Maru's bhajia is a famous snack recipe serve by Maru restaurant in Nairobi, Kenya. This recipe is suggested by my very close friend who tasted it in one of the restaurant branch located in Wembley.

Basically these are crisp potato fritters or pakoras made with spiced gram flour batter. These tasty potato fritters are famous there and sell like hot cakes. There are many quick snacks which are made with potatoes like Aloo pakora, French fries, Potato wedges etc and this is one such quick and tasty snack. You can cook Potato chips (Maru bhajiya) using 20 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Potato chips (Maru bhajiya)

1. You need 6 tbsp of chickpea flour.
2. Prepare 2 tbsp of corn starch.
3. Prepare 1/4 cup of chopped cilantro.
4. You need 1 tbsp of minced garlic.
5. Prepare 1 tbsp of grated ginger.
6. You need 1 1/2 tsp of salt.
7. It's 1/2 tsp of ground black pepper.
8. You need 1 tsp of turmeric.
9. It's 1 tsp of carom seeds (ajwain).
10. You need 2 tsp of lemon juice.
11. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of thai chilli.
12. You need of Oil for deep frying.
13. It's of Chutney.
14. You need 1/4 cup of chopped cucumber.
15. Prepare 1 tbsp of relish.
16. You need 1/4 cup of chopped onions.
17. Prepare 3/4 cup of chopped tomatoes.
18. It's 2 tbsp of lemon juice.
19. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
20. Prepare 1/2 tsp of ground black pepper.

The recipe of maru's bhajia was shared by a dear reader meveera in one of her comments. Check out my recipe for Maru Bhajiya and then try making it yourself. Maru is the name of a restaurant in Nairobi, Kenya where they make these crispy potato bhajias and East African's all over the World still talk about them. They do have a branch in Wembley where they serve these bhajias.

Potato chips (Maru bhajiya) step by step

1. Put all the ingredients together in a bowl and mix..
2. Put potatoes in the mixture and leave it for 5 minutes, so the mixture soak the water from potatoes. Add no water. Deep fry the potatoes in oil..
3. Serve them with chutney. For chutney, blend all the ingredients together to acquire a sweet and soury taste. Enjoy!!.

My recipe makes bhajias similar to Maru's Bhajia. Bhajia's can generally be made with a wide range of vegetables including on. Maru Bhajia's are an extremely popular snack in East Africa, especially in Kenya. Bhajia's can generally be made with a wide range of vegetables including onions, fenugreek leaves, aubergines etc and even with fish. My version includes the use of rice to make them super crispy.