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 cook Mandazi using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Mandazi
- You need 500 gms of Ajab x flour.
- It's 4 tbs of Sugar.
- You need 2 tbs of Baking powder.
- Prepare 1 pinch of Salt.
- You need 2 tbs of Blue band.
- Prepare 1 ltr of Milk.
- It's 2 of Eggs.
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 all dry ingredients first eg.
- Flour, baking powder, salt, milk, sugar by rub in method..
- Then boil your milk to be warm then.
- Add blue band, eggs then mix with your fork..
- Mix your wet mix to the dry mix then fold in..
- Use your hand to mix, so that you remove all the air inside your dough..
- Let rest for 15mins.
- Then heat your oil to medium heat the start cooking..
- Let them rest for few minutes then start serving your Mandazi..
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.
