Soft thick mandazi

Name: Soft thick mandazi
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups All purpose flour; Pinch salt; 1/4 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon baking powder; Blueband/margarine; Cooking oil; 1 egg; 1/4 cup warm milk; 1/4 cup warm water; Lemon zest (optional); Cinnamon (optional)

June @cook_22536708

Because who wants to eat airy mandazi 😂

June @cook_22536708

Because who wants to eat airy mandazi 😂

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Ingredients

2 1/2 cupsAll purpose flour
Pinchsalt
1/4 cupsugar
1 teaspoonbaking powder
Blueband/margarine
Cooking oil
1egg
1/4 cupwarm milk
1/4 cupwarm water
Lemon zest (optional)
Cinnamon (optional)

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Steps

1

Mix the dry ingredients in one clean bowl (flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, lemon zest,cinnamon)
2

In another bowl, whisk the egg, milk, water and melted margarine/blueband
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Slowly add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients while kneading to make a chapati-like dough. Add more flour or wet ingredients as needed.
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When the dough is not too soft and not too hard and not sticky, pour a tablespoon of oil and knead it together and let it sit for 5 minutes
5

Make fist sized balls from the dough and place them on a surface
6

Roll out each dough but let it still be a bit thick
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Cut the rolled out dough into desired shape
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Heat a deep pan or sufuria quarterway with oil on medium heat
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Add the shaped dough one by one until they fit into the pan comfortably
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Deepfry until brown on both sides then drain all extra oil
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Place into a hotpot with kitchen towels to seep any extra oil
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Serve with tea, juice... Any beverage 😊😋