Mahamri

Name: Mahamri
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 3 cups flour; 8 tbsp sugar; 2 tsp yeast; 1 tsp ghee or butter/margarine or 1tbsp oil (You can use any); 1 1/4 cups coconut milk or lukewarm milk; 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder

Fatma K Hadi @cook_11705983

Mahamri is a favourite delicacy in Kenyan coastal community and Tanzania. They are perfect for breakfast with a cup of tea and a great accompaniment to many meals like pigeon peas cooked in coconut milk (Mbaazi) or any kind of meats, stew or soups.

Fatma K Hadi @cook_11705983

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Ingredients

3 cupsflour
8 tbspsugar
2 tspyeast
1 tspghee or butter/margarine or 1tbsp oil (You can use any)
1 1/4 cupscoconut milk or lukewarm milk
1/2 tspCardamom powder

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Steps

1

Sieve flour and add sugar, ghee, yeast and cardamom
2

Start adding coconut milk/milk gradually.
3

Knead the dough for about 15 mins until you a soft bt firm dough. For round shaped mahamaris make 16 equal size balls. Place on a floured surface, cover well and let them rise. (You can also make triangle shaped mahamaris by making 4 equal size balls. Once risen roll each ball and cut into 4 quarters)
4

Once risen roll each ball to a 1/4 inch thickness. Deep fry in hot oil in a deep wok. They will slowly rise and puff up. Once one side has started to brown a little flip them immediately to the other side. Fry till they turn light brown.
5

Transfer the mahamris on a tray lined with fresh paper towels to absorb excess oil