- It's like a normal omelet but with french fries in it.
Hi, I'm Beryl and the theme for today's episode
is french fries, part two.
I did this episode once before.
French fry sandwich, we love to see it.
(Beryl chuckles)
And we're doing it again 'cause it was fun.
We have three recipes today
from Kenya, Tanzania, and The Netherlands.
The artist for today is named Choots.
This is his stuff behind me.
He is actually a street muralist based in London,
so you can see his stuff in the wild if you're curious.
It's all kind of magical, it's very fun.
I'm leaving a link to all of his work below.
So let's eat french fries, ta da!
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- Hi, my name is Nancy from Rongai, Kenya.
My favorite way to eat french fries is chips masala.
So the chips part is basically fries
and then masala is like the combination of spices
that's used to make them.
Chips masala is toasted tomato reduction,
and garnished with coriander.
Amazing.
It tastes like spicy, savory goodness.
I don't know if its history is specific to Kenya,
because Kenya cuisine is influenced
by a lot of cultures from around the world.
There's so many cuisines in Kenya,
because it's a melting pot of culture
and there are over 42 tribes.
Each tribe has its own food,
but there's the most common ones in Kenya
like ugali, nyama choma, pilau, chapati.
Anybody who likes heat and spices and tomatoes
and potatoes should definitely try chips masala.
- Chips masala from Kenya.
And honestly, cooking them really gave me
kind of Indian masala based...
Well, oh I guess they're both called masala.
(Beryl chuckles)
Anyway...
Mm.
Oh!
The lemon is really nice with it.
Oh my god.
Uh oh, I might wanna eat this whole plate.
It's spicy but in like the right type of spicy for me.
The type of spicy where I think it's flavor
and not just heat, you know what I mean?
Man, that's good.
Why do we eat french fries plain
when we can eat them in all of these way better ways?
Mm!
Oh my god, I was just like shoveling them in.
Okay, I think this recipe
obviously was really simple to make.
The entry point is just having the spices.
I think garam masala is gonna be the one
that trips up the most people
because cumin, I think is quite common,
as is turmeric, so if you can find garam masala,
you can really cook so many cuisines around the world.
It's a good one to have in your house.
I actually added tomato paste
which wasn't in the original recipe,
because it's winter time right now in New York City
and tomatoes are very, very much out of season,
so you can buy them, they just literally taste like nothing.
Adding the tomato paste gives you that great consistency
and the flavor, so it's kind of like a win, win.
I think it was the right thing to do.
I'm gonna give these to Rajat.
Yes, make these fries, they're delicious.
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- Hi, I'm Alifiyah from San Diego, California.
I grew up in Tanzania in east Africa
and I'm here to talk about a very common street food
known as chip mayai.
In Swahili, chips refers to as fries
and mayai translates to eggs.
This is a very simple recipe
made with very basic common ingredients
found in every household.
It is as simple as it sounds,
it's basically fries in an omelet.
You start with frying up sliced potatoes,
add some salt, add them aside,
and then beat some eggs,
you heat up a pan, add some oil,
layer the pan with the fries,
pour the egg mixture on the top.
You can add some finely chopped onions,
cilantro, tomatoes, some salt, and a dash of chili powder.
Let it cook about three fourths of the way
and then flip it once and it's ready to serve.
It is very comforting
and can be easily put together quickly.
This is a very traditional Tanzanian street food,
and I'm so glad I was able to introduce it
to all of you.
I hope you like it.
- French fry omelet.
French fry omelet!
French fry omelet! (laughs)
It looks beautiful, right?
There's definitely french fries in this.
Yes!
This would be a great way to reuse french fries
like if you come...
Well, in the days when we used to go to restaurants
and you have left overs,
and you're like, what do I do with old french fries?
You put them in an omelet.
This is so good.
You know what would make it better?
Maggi Hot and Sweet, Maggi Hot and Sweet.
You're hot and you're sweet.
It's like a normal omelet with french fries in it.
I don't know much about Tanzanian street food,
but if this is my entry point,
there's a lot to look forward to.
Yum.
I didn't think I was gonna eat this whole omelet,
but here we are.
You definitely need to make this.
It was so good, super accessible,
everybody should have these ingredients.
And it was so good.
Did I say that it was so good?
It's so good.
- Hi, I'm Elise, I am Dutch
but currently living in Switzerland.
And I'm going to talk to you about a Dutch fry dish,
patatje oorlog.
How it's translated, fries at war.
It actually means that it's just a complete mess
on your plate.
It's a very unique flavor combo.
It consists of thick, crunchy fries,
chopped with a wonderful Indonesian inspired satay sauce,
so a peanut sauce,
and a big dollop of mayonnaise next to it.
On top, there are chopped fine raw onions.
The wonderful flavored peanut sauce
with the creamy mayonnaise and a hint of raw onion
through it, it's divine.
But very, very indulgent.
If you love Indonesian and European food,
you will love this dish.
Personally, I like this dish
because it really reminds me of The Netherlands
and my childhood.
Fries are always popular,
and the great thing in my opinion
is that you can share them
and as we all know, sharing is caring.
So grab your loved one
and share a big plate of fries with them.
(speaking foreign language) from Switzerland!
Bye!
- Final fry dish, the fries at war.
This sauce smells so good.
I'm so glad that I made extra,
because I feel like this sauce
would also be really good on like noodles or...
I mean, it would be good on everything.
Okay, I went with a fork.
I don't know, it just seemed like the right move.
What?
Is this the...
I need to get in there with my hands.
You know when you eat something so good
and it gives you that hit of serotonin?
I feel like, woo!
This sauce is so good with the mayonnaise.
Yeah.
Everything is perfect together,
the onions and the mayo and this peanut sauce.
It's like the holy trinity of a french fry.
(Beryl vocalizes)
You also need to make this.
Okay, so long story short,
you all need to try all three of these.
Because they're all that good.
And I will see you on Friday with the liver episode.