Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, butternut mandazi (swahili donuts). One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts) is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
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.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. 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):
- Take 2 cup all-purpose flour
- Make ready 1 tsp baking powder
- Make ready 1 tsp cardamon spice
- Get 2 eggs
- Take 1 butternut or pumpkin
- Make ready 3 tbsp butter or margarine
- Get 1 vegetable oil for frying
- Make ready 4 tbsp sugar
- Get 1 pinch salt
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 soft late night dinner to entertain your groaning stomach before. 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. 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.
Instructions 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
Our neighbours in Tanzania call it half cake, its also known as Puff puff in west Africa and Biegnets New. Mandazi, also known as the Swahili Bun or Swahili Coconut Donut (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. Mandazi, also known as the Swahili Bun or Swahili Coconut Doughnut, is a form of fried dough food/bread that originated on the Swahili Coast. It is one of the principal desserts in the cuisine of Africans who inhabit the Great Lakes located in Kenya of east Africa.
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