Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, butternut mandazi (swahili donuts). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts) A snack enjoyed by many homes in East Africa. Balanced meal and simple in preparation. 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.
Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts) is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts) is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook butternut mandazi (swahili donuts) using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts):
- Get 2 cup all-purpose flour
- Get 1 tsp baking powder
- Take 1 tsp cardamon spice
- Get 2 eggs
- Prepare 1 butternut or pumpkin
- Make ready 3 tbsp butter or margarine
- Get 1 vegetable oil for frying
- Prepare 4 tbsp sugar
- Get 1 pinch salt
Using a sharp knife or cookie cutter, divide the dough into triangles or in the shape of traditional donuts (small circles pierced in the center). Place each donuts as you go on a floured surface. Although, Mandazi is also referred to as "the East African doughnut," it is usually less sweet than the typical doughnut. Mandazi and Chai is the ultimate breakfast in many Kenyan homes.
Steps to make Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts):
- Boil the butternut or pumpkin. Then peel it.
- Mash up
- In a large bowl add the eggs, melted butter, cardamon spice, baking powder, sugar and a pitch of salt. Mix up
- Mix up the ingredients and later add the mash
- Keep adding the flour to the mix until the dough forms and becomes soft
- Once done, Cover with a plastic paper bag of dump cloth. Leave over night or for 8 to 12 hours
- Spilt the dough into two. And roll it flat not too thin not too thick. Cut into strip and later into squares
- Add oil in a sauce pan and heat it. Once hot. Deep it the squares in the oil. Fry until browned
- Serve it for breakfast or as a snack
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). How to Make Mandazi - an African "Donut": 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, appetizer before lunch, or even a sof… One of the items that we sold at our yard sale were Kenyan doughnuts called Mandazi They are also known as Swahili Buns or Swahili Coconut Doughnuts. Mandazi are a type of fried bread which is a popular snack in Kenya. They can be eaten as a side dish with fruit flavoured dips, with chai (tea) or as a snack on their own.
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