Home-made Mandazi
A weekend Kenyan breakfast. Ready in about 32 minutes. Difficulty: more effort.
- 32 minPrep (about)
- 32 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- More effortDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
- 1.2 lb self-rising flour Shopping tip: Self-rising flour (UK: self-raising).
- ¼ cup + 1 ½ tsp sugar
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup milk
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Make sure you use your right flour which is basically one using raising agents.
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Adjust your amount of sugar to your taste plus try using different flavours.
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Do it to have variety whenever you have them.
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Use Coconut milk instead regular milk, you can too add desiccated coconut to your dry flour or other like powdered cloves or cinnamon, 1.
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Mix your flour,cinnamon plus sugar in a suitable bowl, 2.
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In a separate bowl whisk the egg in the milk, 3.
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Make a fully at the centre of the flour.
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Add the milk and egg mix and slowly mix to form a dough.
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Knead the dough for 3-4 minutes till it stops sticking to your sides of your bowl and you have a smooth surface.
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Cover your dough with a damp cloth and let it rest for 15 minutes, 6.
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Roll your dough on a lightly floured surface in a ½ inch thick piece, 7.
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Cut the dough into the wanted size setting aside ready for deep frying using a sharp small knife, 8.
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Heat oil in a suitable pot and dip the mandazi bits to heat till light brown on your first side then turn to heat on the second side, 9.
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Serve them warm or cold.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.