Home cooked Mandazi/Mahamri. Mahamri are traditional Swahili doughnuts especially popular in the coastal regions of Kenya, Tanzania ,and Uganda. Puffy and golden brown, these triangular doughnuts are made with coconut milk and spiced with. Perfectly soft and delicious, these cuties are awesome with tea, either for breakfast or as an evening snack.
HOW TO COOK MANDAZI WITH LEMON???KENYAN LEMON MANDAZI RECIPE ???SHEENAS KITCHEN. Home cooked Mandazi/Mahamri Mandazis are always a process making. But this time I wanted to make mine. You can cook Home cooked Mandazi/Mahamri using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Home cooked Mandazi/Mahamri
- You need 1/4 kg of self rising baking flour.
- You need 4 tbs of sugar.
- It's 1 tbs of salted butter/ magarine/ blueband.
- You need 1 of egg.
- Prepare 1 glass of milk.
- Prepare 2 tbs of desiccated coconut.
- It's 1 of apple.
- It's of oil for deep frying.
I tried a recipe from this platform and it worked well. Serve the mahamri while warm with either peas stew cooked in coconut milk or enjoy it with a cup of tea. Mahamri is a type of doughnut whose special ingredients include Coconut milk and cardamom. This authentic type of snack originated from the Swahili coastal regions of Kenya and Tanzania and is still very popular in both regions.
Home cooked Mandazi/Mahamri instructions
- Mix all the dry ingredients (butter,sugar,flour,desiccated coconut).
- Use the rubbing method till it resembles bread crumbs.
- Add in the liquid ingredients(eggs and milk).
- Knead till no lumps can be seen or felt (fine in texture).
- Cover and let it rest for 10 mins.
- Heat oil (should be moderate temp).
- Spread the dough using pin and cut into portions of desired size.
- Deep fry.
Normally, it is accompanied by pigeon peas cooked in Coconut milk or a cup of typical Kenyan Chai.??? Mandazi/Mahamri can also be called a Swahili Doughnut and originated from the Swahili Coast. It is a slightly sweet fried bread that is flavoured with some cardamom and coconut milk and is the perfect snack for breakfast with a cup of hot Chai. HOW TO MAKE THE PERFECT SOFT MAHAMRI You can find these delicious donuts in large urban areas and also among the Swahili people of East Africa. Most small restaurants, called hotelis in Kenya, serve mandazi.