Recipe: Tasty Cinnamon Mandazis

Cinnamon Mandazis. I just wanted to share with you and quick, easy and simple method for making cinnamon mandazis. Mandazi: Here's a treat from Kenya! Mandazi (Swahili: Mandazi, Maandazi), is a form of fried bread that originated on the Swahili Coast.

Mandazi/Mahamri can also be called a Swahili Doughnut and originated from the Swahili Coast. See recipes for Soft mandazis, Super soft Mandazi too. Easy Mandazi- East African Beignet made easier and quicker with self-rising flour or baking powder. You can cook Cinnamon Mandazis using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Cinnamon Mandazis

1. It's 3 cups of All purpose flour.
2. You need 1 tsp of Baking powder.
3. You need 1/2 tsp of Cinnamon powder.
4. Prepare 3 tbsp of Sugar.
5. It's 2 tbsp of Blueband.
6. Prepare 1/2 cup of Milk.
7. You need of Cooking oil for deep frying.

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. This mandazi recipe has no eggs, no milk there making it vegetarian, vegan Mandazis are pastries similar to donuts that are popular in Kenya that are a perfect snack plain or with a hot beverage. Mandazi is a household name in Kenya.

Cinnamon Mandazis instructions

1. Add flour,baking powder, sugar, cinnamon, blueband and mix together till it's crumbly..
2. Make a well at the center of the dry ingredients and add milk bit by bit as you knead.continue kneading until it becomes firm.Let it rest for 30minutes..
3. Heat oil in a deep pan.It should be medium hot..
4. Roll the dough to 1cm thickness and cut into small pieces or any size you like.Deep each piece in the oil and let it brown on both sides..
5. Serve warm with a cup of coffee or tea..

Cinnamon is the aromatic, inner bark of certain bushy, tropical, evergreen shrubs or small trees of the Cinnamomum genus of the laurel family (Lauraceae), especially C. verum, C. aromaticum, and C. loureirii, that is dried, ground, and used as a spice. Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus Cinnamomum. Cinnamon is used mainly as an aromatic condiment and flavouring additive in a wide variety of cuisines, sweet and savoury dishes, breakfast cereals, snackfoods, tea and traditional foods. All of them are unique and made from the purest. Cinnamon is a delicious spice with impressive effects on health and metabolism.