Maandazi
Maandazi (East African donuts) are a special treat. The taste of maandazi is very different from western donuts. First, one can never get tired of eating maandazi. Second, they are more like bread inside. Third, maandazi are not as oily as western donuts.
To prepare, please start one hour and a half to prepare before time to eat. The dough is very similar in consistence to regular bread dough.
Ingredients
- 2¼ tsp dry yeast
- ½ cup warm water
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp ground Cardamon
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 2-4 tbsp extra sugar
- ¾ cups coconut milk
- 1 tbsp oil (optional)
- oil for deep frying
Preparations
- Dissolve 1 tsp sugar in ½ cup warm water. Then, dissolve yeast in the same mixture. Cover with a plastic wrap until the yeast rises.
- Add into mixture the remaining sugar, oil, cardamon and ½ cup of coconut milk.
- In a bowl, mix flour into yeast mixture. If the dough is too hard to handle, add the remaining coconut milk, about a tbsp at a time.
- If it is too soft, add flour a little bit at a time.
- On a flat floured surface, continue to knead the dough for 10 minutes until it becomes elastic. Move the dough to a clean lightly oiled bowl, cover with a clean cloth and let it rise.
- Once it has doudled in size, knead the dough for an additional 2 minutes.
- With a rolling pin, roll the dough to about 1/2 cm thin. Use a round cookie cutter or a similar utensil to cut the dough into regular shapes.
- Deep fry in vegetable oil until golden brown.
Serve at room temperature or warm in microwave for 10 seconds.
tuandikiani haya mambo kwa kiswahili, jamani cio wote wanaojua kingereza,
Jane,
Pole sana. Bado nina endelea kuhamisha post kutoka tovuti ya zamani kuleta hapa. Kwa sasa hivi nimehamisha ya kiingereza lakini yakiswahili yatafuatilia. Wale waliotembelea tovuti ya zamani wanajua kuwa naandika kwa lugha zote mbili.
Karibu tena.
thaanks mydear for your good recipe articles!! what i need now how to cook biriani!!!Biriani i would be very happy to see this!!
Otherwise i thanks once again!! nakumbuka long time u wrote the shira ya embe wow this was a good breakfast wont gorget may be u can post it again so that new viewers can see it and make it!!
love you
hi miriam rose,
i want you to know that im a huge fan of yours .first of all i wish you happiness because you surely do put a smile on my face whenever im on your website.
then if you dont mind please teach me how to make a tastie apple pie for desert.
thanks
with best regards,
nina
Asante sana dada MiriamRose kwa recipe zako yaani nilikuwa sijala maandazi kwa mda wa miaka 2 juzi tu ndio nimeiona hii blog nimejaribu na yametoka vizuri kweli yaani ASANTE SANA.Keep up the good work!.
Enjoyed the recipe. Please tell how to make
Kukupaka…
Thanks all of you. Continue to keep me motivated.
Selli,
I will post kukupaka
Thanks rose for your good job, mandazi yalitoka super. sasa mi naomba recipe ya vitumbua. nitashukuru sana
I agree with ur coalegues thaipet since u aim to teach the swahilis the varios recipe,swahili language
I agree with ur coalegues that swahili language to be used in your recipe page
this is the best maandazi recipe! I have searched before for mandazi recipes and all that i got were of no help! after trying yours, the mandazi turned out so perfect! very soft…now there is no “contact us” details on your website, i was going to email you but anyhow..i would like a chapati recipe. Plz plz i have tried before and believe me it was torture! plz..thanks so much..
Mdau wako!
Juanna,
Thank you for your help to make this site better. “Contact Us” page is now added to this site. Thank you again.
Chapati recipe will be added soon. I do have chapati recipe that was in my old web site.
Stay blessed
I will post recipes in Swahili soon. It takes me a lot of time to write the same thing in two languages, but I am here for you. You are welcome again.