Make your own amagwinya

Shandré Candiotes
Shandré Candiotes @shandre
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

I made amagwinya earlier this week. This is a different method. Both work really well.

Make your own amagwinya

I made amagwinya earlier this week. This is a different method. Both work really well.

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Ingredients

1 hour 30 min
12-15 fat cakes
  1. 1 cupwarm water
  2. 5 ginstant yeast
  3. 2 tbspsugar
  4. 3.5 cupscake flour
  5. 1 tspsalt
  6. Oil
  7. Frying oil

Cooking Instructions

1 hour 30 min
  1. 1

    Mix the warm water, sugar and salt in a bowl. Set aside for 5 to 10 minutes or until it bubbles.

  2. 2

    Sift the cake flour and salt.

  3. 3

    Pour the foamy yeast water mixture into the sifted flour and mix.

  4. 4

    Knead the dough for 5 to 8 minutes.

  5. 5

    Pour a bit of olive oil in a bowl. Add the dough to the bowl and cover. Rest for 50 minutes or until double in size.

  6. 6

    Break off pieces of the dough and roll small balls.

  7. 7

    Heat the frying oil in a deep pan. Test the oil by adding small pieces of dough. If it bubbles when you add the dough, it is ready.

  8. 8

    Add you small dough balls. Fry a few minutes on the one side or until golden and turn them around.

  9. 9

    Place them on paper towel to remove the excess oil.

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Air Fry Frank
Air Fry Frank @airfryfrank
Can you air fry these? Watch this space!!

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