Mandazi. Knead dough on a flat work surface until no longer sticky. It is also known as bofrot or puff puff in Western African countries such as Ghana and Nigeria. It is one of the principal dishes in the cuisine of the Swahili people who inhabit the Coastal Region of Kenya and Tanzania.
Add some butter and an egg into the dough and knead well.
Use sour milk for better results.
Mandazi, also called maandazi, n'dao, maandaazi, mahamri or mamri is a type of fried bread from East Africa, especially the Swahili coast of Tanzania and Kenya.
You can have Mandazi using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Mandazi
- You need 1/2 cup of sugar.
- You need 1.5 cup of milk.
- Prepare 5 cups of APF.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of yeast.
- It's 1 tsp of cinamon/cardamon.
- It's of Oil for deep frying.
Mandazi is a slightly sweet form of fried dough that originated from East African street food. I used to go online to learn how to make Mandazi, and every recipe I used to try never gave me the results I wanted or expected, until just last year when I combined different recipes together and had amazing results. Mandazi are so yummy and addictive. Mandazi is an East African fried bread which is served either as an accompaniment to spiced curry dishes or as a sweet snack.
Mandazi step by step
- Add yeast,sugar, cinamon to the warm milk.
- Add flour little by little while kneeding.
- Once done cover for the dough to proof.
- Cut into desired shapes and deep in oil.
- Ready to eat.
Although delicious, note that each serving has twice the calories of an average slice of bread, so go easy on your portion size. Easy Mandazi- East African Beignet made easier and quicker with self-rising flour or baking powder. If you didn't know already, let me tell you something about me. I'm obsessed with Mandazi; hopeless in love with them. I get so excited whenever it is on the menu and it's not very often, for obvious reasons.
