Recipe of Tasty Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts)

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day. Today I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts). This is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i’am gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be smell and look delicious.

Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts) Recipe. Mandazi is a form of fried dough. Mandazi originates from East African Coast areas and is very popular in the East African region.

You can have Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts) using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts)

1. You need 2 cup of all-purpose flour.
2. You need 1 tsp of baking powder.
3. Prepare 1 tsp of cardamon spice.
4. It’s 2 of eggs.
5. Prepare 1 of butternut or pumpkin.
6. It’s 3 tbsp of butter or margarine.
7. Take 1 of vegetable oil for frying.
8. Make ready 4 tbsp of sugar.
9. It’s 1 pinch of 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.

Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts) instructions

1. Boil the butternut or pumpkin. Then peel it..
2. Mash up.
3. In a large bowl add the eggs, melted butter, cardamon spice, baking powder, sugar and a pitch of salt. Mix up.
4. Mix up the ingredients and later add the mash.
5. Keep adding the flour to the mix until the dough forms and becomes soft.
6. Once done, Cover with a plastic paper bag of dump cloth. Leave over night or for 8 to 12 hours.
7. Spilt the dough into two. And roll it flat not too thin not too thick. Cut into strip and later into squares.
8. Add oil in a sauce pan and heat it. Once hot. Deep it the squares in the oil. Fry until browned.
9. Serve it for breakfast or as a snack.

It is also known as bofrot or puff puff in Western African countries such as Ghana and Nigeria.In this video, i am going to show you how i make Mandazi which are some delicious east African doughnut.They are known with different names in East Africa some called them Maandazi, Mahamri or Mamri.

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 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.