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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 Riffat.

Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook butternut mandazi (swahili donuts) using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts):

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

An inspiration from the Swahili culture Gordon Ramsay junior. Balanced meal and simple in preparation. An inspiration from the Swahili culture Atim Martha. Using a sharp knife or cookie cutter, divide the dough into triangles or in the shape of traditional donuts (small circles pierced in the center).

Instructions to make Butternut mandazi (swahili donuts):

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

Place each donuts as you go on a floured surface. 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. Although, Mandazi is also referred to as "the East African doughnut," it is usually less sweet than the typical doughnut. Mandazi and Chai is the ultimate breakfast in many Kenyan homes. Growing up in Kenya , it was very common to dunk a warm Mandazi, made fresh from the local bakery, in a hot cup of Chai (tea).

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