What is Mandasi?

In East Africa, Mandazi Kenyan food, which is made of simple dough, which is fried until inflated and light. It has a slightly sweet, sometimes spicy taste that made it popular as breakfast or dessert bowl and as a daily snack. Mandasis are often made for small triangular or circular pieces that can be eaten in one or two bites. The dough may have ingredients such as crushed peanuts or roasted coconut walnut, mixed with it and the finished bread can be covered with preservation of sugar or fruit. When making yeast, the dough can occupy a richer taste that allows him to accompany some salty meals. Instead of baking powder, yeast can be used to enforce the dough, although it means that it allows it to rise once or twice before cooking. All ingredients are combined and mixed at room temperature until they are well integrated. Butter is sometimes added to HELP bread while cooking. Ground cardamoma is often used even if in various combinationsSpices, cinnamon and ginger can also be found. Used liquids - milk and eggs - can be replaced by coconut milk or yogurt

Mandasis dough can relax for some time or rise if yeasts were used. Small pieces are towed and created into balls. If the desired shape is not a small ball, then it emerges flat until it creates a circle. Depending on the size, flat circles can be fried or cut into quarters to form small triangles.

oil - usually oil with neutral taste, although coconut oil is sometimes used to pass on another taste - is heated in the pan. Several mandasis is placed in the oil and deep frying until the outer start began to be golden brown and the shape with inflated. The oil is released from delicacies before their administration.

To become more dessert dessert, they can be sprinkled with sugar or covered, crushed, crushedThe nuts. Fruit cans or sauces can be served next to the dough as a sauce. Mandazi, which is not too sweet, can be used as dinner with spicy dishes.