Lemon Mandazi

Name: Lemon Mandazi
Total time: 3000 s
Yield: 16 pax
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 2 kg self raising flour; 1 glass milk; 4 glasses hot water; 250 gms sugar; 1 tbs salt; 1 tbs lemon peels grated; 5 tbs cooking oil

simon musee @chef_simon

decided to try making lemon mandazis for the first time.
#milk

simon musee @chef_simon

decided to try making lemon mandazis for the first time.
#milk

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Ingredients

50 mins

16 pax

2 kgself raising flour
1 glassmilk
4 glasseshot water
250 gmssugar
1 tbssalt
1 tbslemon peels grated
5 tbscooking oil

Cooking Instructions

50 mins

1

In a bowl, put the sugar, grated lemon peels, salt, milk and the water then stir till the sugar and salt are dissolved.
2

Take your all-purpose flour and pour it into the mixture. Knead it till it forms a soft hard dough then spread your cooking oil all over it and continue kneeding till it's shinny and not sticky.
3

Cover it and let it rest for about 30mins.
4

After letting it rest divide the dough into portions.
5

Start rolling out the round portions into a circle then divide it into four equal portions.
6

Start putting the divided portions into moderate hot oil in a pan and make sure both sides get to a golden brown colour.
7

When ready remove from the oil with a spider spoon.
8

Place into a rack ready for service.

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Scovia Brown

Thanks for the recipe, I tried it but as mahamri and they are great 👍.With sweet aroma.

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simon musee @chef_simon

on July 11, 2021 17:39

Comments (10)

Khaemba Fred @256_fred

November 15, 2023 11:31

I love it
I always prepare lemon mandazi
But I don't put milk and salt
And My dough stays overnight

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