Recipe: Perfect Mandazi

Mandazi. These simple donuts from East Africa, known as mandazi, have a hint of cardamom and can be served as a sweet treat or alongside curry. I made the Mandazis on this recipe. Mandazi are traditional spiced coconut-flavored donuts from the Swahili coast, which includes Tanzania, Mozambique and Kenya.

If you didn't know already, let me tell you something about me. Mandazi is also known as Swahili Bun, Dahir Adani, Swahili coconut doughnut, mahamri/mamri (when made Mandazi is a form of fried bread that originated on the Swahili coast, and one of the principal. There are sweet but not as sweet as Western donuts. You can cook Mandazi using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Mandazi

1. You need 1 kg of self raising flour.
2. It's 1 tablespoon of iliki.
3. It's 150 ml of vegetable oil.
4. Prepare 200 of grms sugar.
5. Prepare 1 tablespoon of baking powder.
6. It's 1 cup of milk.
7. Prepare 1 cup of water.
8. Prepare 1/2 of tea spoon egg yellow food colour.
9. You need 1 of egg.
10. You need 2 liters of oil for frying.

Enjoyed in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania but more popular among Swahili people. Mandazi are similar to doughnuts, having a little bit of a sweet taste which can be differentiated with the addition of different ingredients. Mandazi is one of the popular African dishes that you will find in the greater lakes of coastal regions of East Africa inhabited by the Swahili community. It is a dish that can be served as a breakfast with tea.

Mandazi step by step

1. Mix flour, iliki,sugar,baking powder.
2. Add eggs, milk, water and make a dough that is not too soft..
3. Add oil and cover it with a plastic paper bag and leave it in direct sunlight for 30 min- 1hr for it to raise.
4. After 1hr place it in your working table and cut your shape..
5. Deep fry them for 5 min till golden brown..
6. Serve and take with tea, fruit juice and soda..
7. Enjoy...

Mandazi are subtly sweet, making them more versatile than sugary, Western-style doughnuts. Mandazi, also known as the Swahili Bun or Swahili Coconut Doughnut, is a form of fried dough food/bread that originated on the Swahili Coast. It is one of the principal desserts in the cuisine of Africans who inhabit the Great Lakes located in Kenya of east Africa. Mandazi is a snack that you can have with Tea, Coffee, Juice or just as a snack on its own. Most guys do not like the whole process of preparing the Mandazi, because you have to combine the ingredients.