My simple to make Snacks: Mandazis (The African Donut) 😋😋😋😋😋 #1

Welcome Tea and Snacks are ready. Soft, sweet and Delicious. Apologies for making people hungry 😜 😋

Mandazis are simply an African Donut. Can be made in any shape depending on how you cut the dough. As the dough will raise when deep fried any shape looks beautiful if you know just when to remove them from the oil.
So how did I end up with the following beautifully browned Mandazis?

Step One : Getting the Ingredients

We will need the following

1. 1/2 tablespoon Cinnamon
2. 1/2 tablespoon cardamoms ( I used ground, but can be substituted for seeds from whole cardamoms)
3. Sugar ( I don't like so much of it.)
4. Cup of milk
5. pinch of nutmeg
6. a table spoon Vanilla essense
7. 500gm all purpose flour. (if you use the mandazi flour that we have here omit the baking powder)
8. 2 teaspoons baking powder
9. Two eggs. You can add more
   10: Margarine 100 gm

See the ingredients in the photo below

Step 2: The Method

1. Add the the dry ingredients to a bowl plus the margarine and mix together till well mixed

1. Add eggs , half the milk (warm) and vanilla in a separate bowl and mix. The rest of the milk will be used if the dough doesn't come together well.
2. Mix the two mixtures and knead till soft.
   i. How do you know when the dough is ready
   When the dough is ready ( I forgot to take the photo, Pinching it between your hands it is soft and doesn't stick
   to your hands). It is also elastic.
   ii Some people let the dough rest. But since we used baking powder or self raising flour. Going right ahead to the
   next step is okay.
3. Divide the dough into small balls. I did around 8.
4. Roll and cut as in the photo below

1. Deep fry in a big frying pan or a heavy sufuria, Till golden brown all over. (aluminium pot) see below.
   Note: only fry enough pieces, so that they do not touch each other when they float in the oil. That way they brown evenly and uniformly.

1. When ready remove from the oil and to a bowl or a plate lined with a kitchen towel (paper or your preference) to
   drain any excess oil.
2. Let them sit and cool down and they are ready to serve.

Step 3: Serving

As mostly Mandazi's are made for breakfast.

1. Serve them with Tea as I did.

1. Serve with milk
2. Serve with a stew

If you decide to try this recipe. Please come back and tell me how it turned out.

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