Mitai

Name: Mitai
Total time: 5400 s
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1 kg baking flour; 20 gm yeast; 5 gm salt; 5 gm cardamon; For coconut milk:; 50 g desiccatedcoconut; 500 ml water; For sugar syrup:; 1/4 sugar; 100 ml water

Valarie Muthoni @valsy

Nairobi Kenya

#festivedishcontestnairobinorth #authormarathon This sweet yummines are perfect for this festive season, best enjoyed with tea anytime of the day with kids at home for holiday they come in handy for perfect snacks

Valarie Muthoni @valsy

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Ingredients

1hr 30mins

10 servings

1 kgbaking flour
20 gmyeast
5 gmsalt
5 gmcardamon
For coconut milk:
50 gdesiccatedcoconut
500 mlwater
For sugar syrup:
1/4sugar
100 mlwater

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Steps

1hr 30mins

1

Pour the measured flour in a basin
2

Measure the dry ingredients
3

Add the dry ingredients in the flour and mix
4

Measure the coconut
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Mix the dry coconut in water
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Add the coconut milk in the flour little by little to make dough
7

When the dough is ready set it aside for 30mins to rise
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When the dough has doubled in size dived into equal parts
9

Using a rolling pin flatten each part it should be a bit thick
10

You can heat the oil at this point
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Cut the flattened dough to your desired shape
12

Deep fry in hot oil and let all sides brown well
13

Set the mitai aside to cool
14

Prepare the sugar syrup by heating in a pan the sugar and water bring them to boil
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Add the mitai in the syrup and keep tossing until the sugar starts to dry up
16

Mitai are ready enjoy with a cup of tea