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Step-by-Step Guide to Make Perfect Mandazi

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ Jesus Keller

Mandazi
Mandazi

Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, mandazi. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan over medium heat. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, cardamom, and salt. Make a well in the center, then use a rubber spatula to mix in the egg and coconut milk until the dough comes together. Mandazi (Swahili: Mandazi, Maandazi), is a form of fried bread that originated on the Swahili Coast.

Mandazi is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Mandazi is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook mandazi using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Mandazi:
  1. Prepare Self-raising flour
  2. Take 1 tbsp margarine
  3. Make ready Sugar
  4. Take Salt
  5. Take 1/2 glass milk or water
  6. Make ready Cooking oil

You can find these delicious donuts in large urban areas and also among the Swahili people of East Africa. Most small restaurants, called hotelis in Kenya, serve mandazi. You can also find mandazi being sold by street vendors. Mandazi are any doughnut-lover's dream come true: fluffy, hollow on the inside, mildly sweet in flavor, and crisp on the outside.

Instructions to make Mandazi:
  1. Mix the dry ingredients. Amount of sugar and salt is adjusted to your taste.
  2. Add the milk or water and a tbsp of oil, and start kneading till the dough doesn't stick to the hands
  3. Cover the dough with a clean kitchen cloth and let it sit for a while.
  4. Divide the dough into balls and roll each while cutting to quarters or any shape you like.
  5. Deep fry them and enjoy.

You can also find mandazi being sold by street vendors. Mandazi are any doughnut-lover's dream come true: fluffy, hollow on the inside, mildly sweet in flavor, and crisp on the outside. Mandazi and Chai is the ultimate breakfast in many Kenyan homes. Growing up in Kenya , it was very common to dunk a warm Mandazi, made fresh from the local bakery, in a hot cup of Chai (tea). My memories of Chai and Mandazi take me all the way back to my grandmother's kitchen during our school breaks.

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