Potato Wedges with Cream Cheese and Sweet Chili Dip
I have talked about my absolute love for potatoes many a times, because of this I always have to find new ways to eat my favorite vegetable, YES its a veggie 🙂 whether boiled, mashed, fried, deep fried, crisps all these I find ways of making tastier.
What I love most about these wedges is how soft they are on the inside yet so crunchy on the outside. They are a great TV snack if you want to have them on their own but they are also amazing accompanied by a saucy side, I had them with chicken wings in spicy strawberry bbq sauce,(YAP! Â that was a total orgasm in my mouth I tell you) you can have them with dry fry chicken or mbuzi, oven roasted chicken, Â dhania chicken, etc etc If you are having them on their own do not leave out the dips they take plain potatoes to a whole new level. HAPPY COOKING!!
Ingredients
- 500 grams potatoes, peeled and cut into wedges
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt and pepper to taste
- Oil for frying
- Sweet chili sauce
- Sour cream or Cream cheese
Instructions
Boil potatoes in water seasoned with salt, pepper and the garlic powder. Potatoes should be boiled till soft yet still firm about 8-10mins. Remove and set aside
Heat the oil in a pan, I shallow fried but deep frying is fine too. Cook until all sides are browned.
In small bowls place the cream cheese/ sour cream in a bowl and sweet chili in another bowl, for even better flavor put the sour cream/ cream cheese in a small bowl and top with the sweet chili, dip as you it, HEAVEN
HAPPY EATING!!
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Rolex (Egg Rolled in Chapati)
There is nothing as interesting going to a new country and discovering their street food. On my recent trip to Uganda I kept asking my girlfriends to take me somewhere I’d eat food that the locals eat on the go and is available right on the streets. I guess for kenyans this would be maindi choma (roasted maize), smokies with kachumbari (some form of sausage with salsa), boiled egg with salsa, mshikakis etcs.
In Uganda rolex is famous, I have heard of it for years and I always wondered why they called olex as there is really no correlation to the watch brand, but its mighty tasty and I suppose that is all that matters. I had this at a street corner near Makerere I honestly do not remember the name of the area. Its quite a fast meal, I was quite impressed by the fact that they add cabbages to their omelet. The process is quite simple. The photos below were taken at the street vendors “kitchen”
HAPPY COOKING!!
1. Make your chapati before hand. mix all the ingredients for your omelet in a cup pour it on the pan . I used; onions, green pepper, red bell pepper, cabbage, tomatoes and dhania, I cooked the omelet in a little oil  then once cooked place the capati on the cooked omelet
2. Turn the omelet and chapati and start to roll. For my homemade one I added lettuce, red bell peer and sweet chilli sauce. You can be very creative at this point, add cheese, spinach, any other vegetables
3. Roll the chapati and egg completely
4. Pack it or eat it. How cool is this recycled carry pocket that they use?
5. HAPPY EATING!!!
Mama Cici’s Mbuzi Fry
There is nothing better than my mamas cooking. Well, unless its my mama cooking outside in the wood fired jiko.
Anytime we see mum preparing to cook outside we know its going to be a great night for our taste buds. Mum always makes mbuzi fry and tumbukiza outside and on rare occasions maybe dry fry beef and it’s always such a delight. So yesterday after church I called mum up and told her I was going to see her and I wanted mbuzi for dinner. Mum agreed and she even taught me how to make this simple yet delicious meal. I really hope you will enjoy it and that it will bring you as much laughter and good memories as it was brought to our home. HAPPY COOKING!!
Ingredients
- 2 legs of lamb, chopped
- 6 large onions, sliced
- 3 tablespoons cooking oil
- 3 tomatoes
- 1 hoho (green capsicum), diced
- chillies, optional
- 2 bunches dhania (coriander) chopped
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 kgs potatoes, diced (optional)
- salt to taste
Instructions
Fry 3/4 of the onions with the oil in a large cooking pot till translucent, add the chopped lamb and cook till browned. Add salt and about half the water, stir and cover and let it cook on low heat for about 30 mins.
check on how done the meat is and if you are using potatoes and chillies add them at this point. Let them cook for 10 mins the add the tomatoes sliced halfway and the hoho . If you need more water feel free to add a little. let the tomatoes steam for about 10 mins the removed the skin and stir making sure you fully incorporate them.
Add the dhania and let it cook for a further five mins and take it off the fire. Let it stand for 5 mins then serve with Ugali. Happy Eating!!
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