Crumbly Mandazi. These simple donuts from East Africa, known as mandazi, have a hint of cardamom and can be I made the Mandazis on this recipe. I happened to have all the ingredients. Mandazi (Swahili: Mandazi, Maandazi), is a form of fried bread that originated on the Swahili Coast.
Can last for up to two weeks.
Mandazi are pastries commonly found throughout East Africa that are typically served with tea and coffee.
Mandazi is also known as Swahili Bun, Dahir Adani, Swahili coconut doughnut, mahamri/mamri (when made with coconut milk).
You can cook Crumbly Mandazi using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Crumbly Mandazi
- You need 1/2 kg of self-raising flour.
- It's 3/4 cup of sugar.
- You need 1.5 tablespoon of butter(or any margarine of your preference). Ensure it is rock solid/frozen.
- It's 1 teaspoon of cinnamon/cardamon.
- You need 250 ml of milk.
- Prepare as needed of Water.
- It's of Oil for deep frying.
Mandazi is a form of fried bread that originated on the Swahili coast. Mandazi is a popular snack in Kenya. I took the liberty to make these lemon mandazi because I noticed people would ask Creamy, sweet, perfect amount of coconut in every bite, no crumbly crust - these. 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.
Crumbly Mandazi instructions
- Put the flour, sugar and cinnamon/cardamon in bowl. Mix well and add in the butter(make sure it is cold). Break it as you mix with the flour.
- Continue mixing till the flour resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add milk as you combine to form the dough and if the milk will not be enough, use water. Once the dough is formed,cut it into different shapes of your preference.
- Heat your oil and deep fry your mandazis.
- Enjoy!.
It is a dish that can be served as a breakfast with tea. Find mandazi stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. Thousands of new, high-quality pictures added every day. Mandazi are subtly sweet, making them more versatile than sugary, Western-style doughnuts. They're often used to sop up savory curries, such as pigeon peas cooked in coconut milk.
