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Urojo

Name: Urojo
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Tanzania
Ingredients: 3 Potato; 3 tbsp All-purpose flour; 1 tsp Turmeric; 3 tbsp Lime juice; 1/2 Mango; 4 Hard-boiled eggs; 200g Beef; 1 tsp Curry Powder; 1 tsp Salt; To taste Oil for frying; A pinch Cilantro

Soup

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Fried snacks and boiled eggs under a thick yellow soup — Zanzibar's street dish known as 'mix.'

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Urojo, also called Zanzibar mix, is a popular street food on Zanzibar island. A thick yellow soup, made tangy and colored with mango, lime, and turmeric, is poured over fried potato balls, boiled eggs, grilled meat skewers, cassava chips, and more, and eaten with coconut chutney and chili sauce.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a stall in a Stone Town alley, yellow soup is ladled from a big pot and topped with fried snacks and eggs before being handed over.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Potato 3
All-purpose flour 3 tbsp
Turmeric 1 tsp
Lime juice 3 tbsp
Mango 1/2
Hard-boiled eggs 4
Beef 200g
Curry Powder 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Oil for frying To taste
Cilantro A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Bring 800ml water to a boil with the turmeric, mashed mango, and salt.
Add the flour dissolved in water to thicken, and add lime juice for tang.
Boil and mash 2 potatoes, shape into balls, batter, and fry. Thinly slice the rest and fry into chips.
Cut the beef small and stir-fry with curry powder and salt.
Put the potato balls, beef, and boiled eggs in bowls.
Pour over the hot soup and top with the chips and cilantro.

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