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 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Mandazi
- You need 1 kg of self raising flour.
- It's 1 tablespoon of iliki.
- It's 150 ml of vegetable oil.
- It's 200 of grms sugar.
- It's 1 tablespoon of baking powder.
- You need 1 cup of milk.
- Prepare 1 cup of water.
- It's 1/2 of tea spoon egg yellow food colour.
- It's 1 of egg.
- It's 2 liters of oil for 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
- Mix flour, iliki,sugar,baking powder.
- Add eggs, milk, water and make a dough that is not too soft..
- Add oil and cover it with a plastic paper bag and leave it in direct sunlight for 30 min- 1hr for it to raise.
- After 1hr place it in your working table and cut your shape..
- Deep fry them for 5 min till golden brown..
- Serve and take with tea, fruit juice and soda..
- Enjoy...
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.
