Mandazi recipe. Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan over medium heat. In a large bowl combine all the dry ingredients, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, sugar, cardamom spice and nutmeg. Mandazi (also known as Maandazi or Ndao and sometimes called Mahamri or Mamri) are East African donuts.
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.
You can have Mandazi recipe using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Mandazi recipe
- You need 4 cups of mandazi flour.
- It's 5 tablespoons of sugar.
- You need 1 tablespoon of baking powder.
- You need 1 of lemon zest.
- It's 1 teaspoon of salt.
- Prepare 3 tablespoons of margarine.
- Prepare 2 cups of warm milk.
- You need 1 litre of oil for frying.
Mandazi is also known as Swahili Bun, Dahir Adani, Swahili coconut doughnut, mahamri/mamri (when made with coconut milk). Mandazi is a form of fried bread that originated on the Swahili coast, and one of the principal dishes in the cuisine of the Swahili people who inhabit the African Great Lakes. Mandazi are those sweet and yummy East African donuts. They are known with different names depending on the Ethnic or location you are from.
Mandazi recipe instructions
- In a bowl... Sieve the flour add sugar, salt, baking powder and the lemon zest and mix well.....
- Add in your margarine and rub it with the flour using your hands until yote imemix.... Then now add your milk and kanda untill the dough is soft and doesn't stick on your hands... Cover the dough for about 30minutes....
- After 30 minutes divide your dough into four parts and roll the first one cutting it into the shape you desire.....then now cook them in the oil you had heated... Do so to the rest of the other dough and enjoy.
Some called them Maandazi, Mahamri or Mamri. I have tried several mandazi recipes and yours by far is the best! Thank you so much for sharing! My mandazi turned out very well. thanks Imma. How to Make Mandazi - an African "Donut": 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.