How to Cook Appetizing Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts)

Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts). A snack enjoyed by many homes in East Africa. Balanced meal and simple in preparation. An inspiration from the Swahili culture.

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Ingredients of Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts)

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

Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts) Jump to: Recipe Weight Loss Tips Before you jump to Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts) recipe, you may want to read this short interesting healthy tips. 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. There are sweet but not as sweet as Western donuts.

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.

Enjoyed in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania but more popular among Swahili people. Mandazi are a staple snack that originates from East Africa. They are quite easy to make and go great with tea or on their own. Mandazi is donut in Swahili and they taste different from donuts in the western culture. These amazingly soft triangle-shaped donuts are very famous in East Africa where I come from.