Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, mandazi. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mandazi is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Mandazi is something that I have loved my whole life.

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.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook mandazi using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Mandazi:

1. Take 150 g self raising flour
2. Get 50 g sugar
3. Get 20 g blueband
4. Get 2 eggs
5. Make ready 1 tbsp vanalla essence
6. Make ready 1 tbsp Lemon rinds
7. Make ready Oil for frying
8. Make ready 1/2 litre warm milk

Mandazi (also known as Maandazi or Ndao and sometimes called Mahamri or Mamri) are East African donuts. 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.

Steps to make Mandazi:

1. Put flour, sugar, salt, and grated lemon rinds and mix thoroughly.
2. Then add the blueband and mix until ot forms crumps like bread crumps.
3. Then add beaten eggs and vanilla essence, mix well.
4. Add warm milk slowly by slowly while kneading to form a soft dough.
5. Then let it rest for 40 minutes to allow the dough to raise.
6. Then after 40 minutes, in a flat surface roll the dough, placing flour on the surface of a flat surface before you roll to prevent the dough from sticking on the surface.
7. Roll Until to becomes 0.5 cm thick then using a knife cut into desired shapes. I prefer triangular shapes.
8. Then heat oil for frying using medium heat. Then start putting the the Mandazi dough in the heated pan and heat it until golden brown.
9. Turn and when each side is fully cooked put in a paper towel to drain excess oil.
10. Serve with tea.

Most small restaurants, called hotelis in Kenya, serve mandazi. You can also find mandazi being sold by street vendors. 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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