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Chipsi Mayai

Name: Chipsi Mayai
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Tanzania
Ingredients: 2 Potato; 3 Egg; 1/2 tsp Salt; To taste Oil for frying; To taste Ketchup; To taste Chili sauce

Snack

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐

French fries bound with eggs into an omelet — a Tanzanian street-stall classic.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Chipsi mayai means 'chips and eggs' and is one of Tanzania's most popular street foods. Fresh fries are spread in a frying pan, beaten eggs poured over, and it's cooked like a thick omelet. It's eaten with ketchup, chili sauce, or kachumbari.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a Dar es Salaam night stall, the vendor pours eggs over fries in a big pan, flips the omelet, and slides it onto a paper plate.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Potato 2
Egg 3
Salt 1/2 tsp
Oil for frying To taste
Ketchup To taste
Chili sauce To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the potatoes into thin sticks, soak in water, and pat dry.
Fry in 170°C oil until golden.
Beat the eggs with salt.
Heat a little oil in a frying pan and spread out the fries.
Pour in the eggs and cook over medium-low heat; when set, flip and cook the other side.
Serve with ketchup and chili sauce.

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