Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, butternut mandazi (swahili donuts). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Mandazi is a form of fried dough. Mandazi originates from East African Coast areas and is very popular in the East African region. Mandazi - an original east African doughnut recipe made of coconut and cardamom infused yeast dough.
Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts) is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have butternut mandazi (swahili donuts) using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts):
- Get 2 cup all-purpose flour
- Take 1 tsp baking powder
- Get 1 tsp cardamon spice
- Take 2 eggs
- Prepare 1 butternut or pumpkin
- Get 3 tbsp butter or margarine
- Take 1 vegetable oil for frying
- Make ready 4 tbsp sugar
- Take 1 pinch salt
It is a dish that can be served as a breakfast with tea, appetizer before lunch, or even a soft late night dinner to entertain your groaning stomach before. I grew up in Mombasa- Kenya and over there we call these Mandazi because they aren't hollow inside unlike the 'Mahambri' that has a lovely air pocket, perfect for stuffing with coconut beans. Our neighbours in Tanzania call it half cake, its also known as Puff puff in west Africa and Biegnets New. Easy Homemade Baked Mandazi/Mahamri Recipe (Swahili Coconut Doughnuts).
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
Mandazi is a popular snack in Africa, Coastal Region of Kenya and Tanzania. Mandazi, also known as the Swahili Bun or Swahili Coconut Doughnut (Swahili: Mandazi), is a form of fried bread that originated on the Swahili Coast. It is one of the principal dishes in the cuisine of the Swahili people who inhabit the African Great Lakes. African Doughnuts Coconut Mandazi Kenya Street Food Kenyan Breakfast Mahamri Mandazi. Deep fry making sure to keep splashing the hot oil on the top of the mandazi so that it puffs up.
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