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Maru bhajia recipe with step by step photos - crispy and tasty potato bhajia recipe. Maru's bhajia is a famous snack that is served by maru restaurant in nairobi in kenya. Basically these are crisp potato fritters or pakoras made with spiced gram flour batter.

Crispy potato bhajia is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Crispy potato bhajia is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have crispy potato bhajia using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Crispy potato bhajia:

1. Make ready 15 potatoes
2. Get 10 tablespoons gram flour
3. Get 10 tablespoons all purpose flour
4. Prepare Taste salt
5. Make ready 1 tablespoon turmeric powder
6. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
7. Take 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
8. Get Juice of one lemon
9. Take 100 ml water(pour in small amounts to achieve right consistency)
10. Get 1/4 teaspoon chilli powder or black pepper, optional
11. Get Bunch fresh coriander, chopped

Are these crispy potato bhajias vegan. Crispy bhajias made with grated potatoes, perked up with green chillies and coriander! It is interesting to note that this Crispy Potato Bhajia is held together purely by the starch in the grated potatoes and does not use any other binder like boiled potatoes, plain flour or cornflour. These crispy bhajias (often called pakoras or fritters) are also called Maru na Bhajia (meaning Maru's bhajia).

Steps to make Crispy potato bhajia:

1. Wash, peel and thinly slice your potatoes.
2. Pat them dry on kitchen towels or let them air dry if you have time. If you use them while wet, the water will make your batter thinner and it will slide off from your potatoes. Alternatively, you can air dry them if you're not pressed with time.
3. In a bowl, put gram flour, all purpose flour, salt, turmeric, cumin, chilli and garlic powders then mix together.
4. Add water in batches as you mix. Don't put too much water cause the batter will slide off the potatoes and they won't be coated neither should the water be too little, the batter will be thick and the potatoes won't cook through inside.
5. Add lemon then your coriander and give it a good mix.
6. Heat oil in a pan. Dip slices of potatoes into the batter then into the pan.
7. Remove from pan after 3 minutes or so depending on your heat.
8. Place them on paper towels to drain excess oil
9. Serve while hot. Enjoy!

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. Original Maru's Bhajia - crispy potato fritters Masala Chips Eggless Mandazi - sweet coconut doughnut triangles Masala Mogo - cassava stir-fried in a finger-licking Indo-Chinese sauce Kenyan Chevdo - the ultimate snack-food. Difference between Packed Potato Bhajia and Viazi Karai Peel and chop the potatoes very finely. Place in a bowl, cover with cold water, and leave until ready to fry. To make the batter, mix the chickpea flour, turmeric, chili powder, pepper, salt bicarbonate of soda, chillies, and coriander.

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