Lemon cinnamon mandazi

Mulunga Alukwe
Mulunga Alukwe @mulunga_alukwe
Nairobi, Kenya

There is just something delicious about having fresh hot mandazi in the morning. Add lemon and cinnamon, and you are in mandazi heaven!

Lemon cinnamon mandazi

There is just something delicious about having fresh hot mandazi in the morning. Add lemon and cinnamon, and you are in mandazi heaven!

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Ingredients

  1. 1 CupMilk
  2. 1/2 TablespoonCinnamon
  3. 1 1/2 CupsOil for frying
  4. 1/4 Cupfreshly squeezed Lemon Juice
  5. 2 CupsAll Purpose Flour
  6. 1/2 TeaspoonBaking Powder
  7. 3 TablespoonMargarine
  8. 4 TablespoonSugar
  9. PinchSalt
  10. 2Eggs
  11. 1 TablespoonLemon Zest

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Mix flour, salt and baking powder. Add Margarine/butter and rub with your hands until they form breadcrumbs

  2. 2

    Add cinnamon and lemon zest, into the flour

  3. 3

    Mix milk ad eggs in a small cup and whisk well

  4. 4

    Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredinets

  5. 5

    Add lemon juice to the dough and continue to knead the dough

  6. 6

    Knead until the dough is smooth. Cover to rest 30 minutes

  7. 7

    The dough will have doubled in size

  8. 8

    Divide the dough into four equal sizes

  9. 9

    Roll out one of the dough into your desired thickness

  10. 10

    Use the rim of a glass to cut out round shapes

  11. 11

    Repeat the process until the whole dough is cut into round shapes

  12. 12

    Heat a heavy deep bottomed pan until the oil is hot. Drop the mandazi a few at a time. Fry until golden brown. Put in large bowl covered with paper towel to drain excess oil and keep warm

  13. 13

    You can choose to have flesh inside your mandazi or have the mandazi be hollow. Rolling thick or thin will will give you either

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