🍟 How the World Eats French Fries | Part 2 | Netherlands, Kenya, Tanzania

potatoes

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: frozen fries

Sweet potatoes offer more nutrients and fiber.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil is healthier with a higher smoke point.

salt

🥗Healthier: sea salt

💰Cheaper: table salt

Sea salt adds minerals and a different flavor.

ketchup

🥗Healthier: salsa

💰Cheaper: homemade ketchup

Salsa is fresher and lower in sugar.

Introduce the theme of the episode: French fries with three recipes from Kenya, Tanzania, and the Netherlands.

Nancy from Kenya explains her favorite way to eat french fries, called chips masala, which is fries tossed in a tomato reduction and garnished with coriander.

Nancy mentions the spices used for chips masala, including garam masala, cumin, and turmeric, and adds tomato paste for flavor and consistency due to out-of-season tomatoes.

Olivia from Tanzania introduces gypsy, a street food made with fries and eggs.

Olivia demonstrates the recipe: fry sliced potatoes with salt, set aside, beat eggs, heat oil in a pan, layer fries, pour egg mixture on top, add onions, cilantro, tomatoes, salt, and chili powder, cook until three-fourths done, then flip and serve.

Eliza from the Netherlands talks about a dish called fries at war, which consists of thick crunchy fries topped with Indonesian-inspired satay sauce, mayonnaise, and raw onions.

Eliza describes the flavor combination of the dish and emphasizes its indulgence and nostalgia.

Eliza prepares the sauce and fries, expressing excitement about the combination of flavors and encouraging viewers to try all three dishes.

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