Chips Masala/ Kenyan Street food/ Potato sticks in spicy gravy

I said this before there is so much Indian influence on this cuisine that the week went by like a breeze. I had multiple options  for this alphabet but the only issue was it did not fit into the day's menu when I cooked the meal for other Kenyan recipes.

I made this on another day as an evening snack.

For late joiners, we are running a blogging marathon for a month on the theme of journey through the cuisines....

Ingredients
2 cups Potato Chips
for masala
1 onion finely chopped
2 tomatoes finely chopped
2 tbsp tomato paste or puree
1 inch ginger - made into a paste
1 tspn garlic paste
1 tspn garam masala
1 tspn whole garam masala (cinnamon, cloves, black pepper) in a muslin cloth
1 tspn red chilly powder
1 tspn coriander and cumin powder
1 tspn lemon juice
salt to taste
Oil to cook


Method
1) Heat some oil in a pan to make the masala. Add the onions, followed by ginger garlic paste, whole garam masala and saute until onions are pale
2) Add the tomatoes and saute them. Then add the puree, and all the spice powders and salt. Cook it until it thickens.
3) Add the lemon juice and set it aside.
4)  When this cools down, blend this using a hand blender to make a smooth gravy - this is optional.
5) Add the potato chips/ fries to the gravy to quickly cover them with the gravy. 

this may make the fries /chips a little mushy but thats the beauty of this dish too....

I served it with a dip - you will get the recipe soon 😉.....until then feel free to combine it with sauce of your choice