Recipe: Appetizing Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts)

Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts). Mandazi - an original east African doughnut recipe made of coconut and cardamom infused yeast dough. I add coconut flakes for an intense coconut flavor, and it tastes divine. Depending on my mood, I might add a splash of vanilla essence.

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. 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 achieve that.

Ingredients of Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts)

1. Prepare 2 cup of all-purpose flour.
2. Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.
3. You need 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. You need 1 of vegetable oil for frying.
8. It's 4 tbsp of sugar.
9. You need 1 pinch of salt.

Ingredients. - all purpose flour - sugar - blue band (margarine) - milk - water - yeast - baking powder. Theres a lot of info out there on the origin of these little pillowy delights and most of it points to Arab influence which is coincidently heavily seen in Swahili cooking. Everyone is as confused as i am about the name. So, round here we are just going to call these chunky donuts, Mandazi.

Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts) step by step

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.

Mandazi (Swahili: Mandazi, Maandazi), 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 Coastal Region of Kenya and Tanzania The dish is popular in the region, as it is convenient to make. Mandazi, from Kenya, is a staple bread of the Swahili people. Some housewives make it every morning for breakfast. It can be eaten cold or reheated for dinner.

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