Soft and sweet mandazi. I am SUPER excited to present this one - Soft Mini Mandazi. Man, you are going to love this! Mandazi is a slightly sweet East African Street Food; spicy, airy yeast doughnut made with coconut milk, flavored with cardamom and grated fresh coconut/ coconut flakes It can be made with yeast or baking powder.

Cut the shapes and sizes using a knife. Mandazis are pastries similar to donuts that are popular in Kenya that are a perfect snack plain or with a hot beverage. Lemon/Lime juice A pinch of salt. You can cook Soft and sweet mandazi using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Soft and sweet mandazi

Prepare 2 cups of wheat flour(all purpose - EXE).
It's 1/2 (1 cup) of sugar.
You need 1 cup of milk.
Prepare 2 of eggs.
You need of Lemon rint.
You need of Enough cooking oil for deep frying.
You need 4 tablespoon of baking powder.
You need 5 tablespoon of blueband.
You need 1 pinch of cinamon.

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, cardamom, and salt. Make a well in the center, then use a rubber spatula to mix in the egg and coconut milk until the dough comes together. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth. See recipes for Soft, sweet and small mandazi too.

Soft and sweet mandazi instructions

Sieve your flour in a bowl.On a separate bowl,mix sugar,cinamon and baking powder thoroughly. Add the mixture to the wheat flour and mix thouroughly.Add lemon rint to the mixture and countinue mixing until it is done.Add blueband to the mixture and mix until there are no lumps of blueband.
Add milk to beaten eggs on a separate bowl and mix. Then add to the mixture above little by little as you mix.knead it until it is fine..
Cover it with a foil and leave it for 45 mins.
After 45 mins,roll it on a flat surface (should not roll it too much to be too light) cut it into desired shapes and deep fry in well heated oil.Turn the mandazis after changing colour to brownish and remove from the oil after both sides have cooked.
Serve with tea or you preference for breakfast.

Add the wet ingredients into a separate bowl and mix well. Now add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and knead into a dough. Mix the flour,cinnamon and sugar in a suitable bowl. In a separate bowl whisk the egg into the milk. Make a well at the centre of the flour and add the milk and egg mixture and slowly mix to form a dough.