NUTMEG MIXED SPICE MANDAZI

Today just feels like a weekend. Anybody else feels that way? I guess it's because we're still in an election mood. There was no bread so I thought I would make something that was filling and tasty too. What I could think of that would make a large quantity was Mandazi since everyone is at home. I just followed this recipe but this time I added in Nutmeg and Mixed Spices to give them that extra spice aroma and flavour. Such an easy dish to make and in less than an hour you will have your breakfast snack or food to snack on throughout the day. Spices were just too awesome as you could smell the delicious aroma all around the house as they fried. Mandazi are becoming my new favourite to go to breakfast accompaniment and snack. Have you made Mandazi lately? Let me know!

Ingredients

1 Cup Milk
1 1/2 Tablespoon Cinnamon
1 1/2 Cups Vegetable Oil for frying
1 Tablespoon Nutmeg
2 Cups All Purpose Flour
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
3 Tablespoon Margarine/Butter
4 Tablespoon Sugar
Pinch Salt
2 Eggs

Method
-Sift Flour into a large bowl. Add Baking powder. Add in the Margarine/Butter and rub with your hands until mixture resembles breadcrumbs
-Add Sugar, Cinnamon, Nutmeg and  Mix well and set aside
-Mix the Milk and Eggs together until well combined.
-Pour the Milk-Egg mixture into the dry ingredients
-Knead the dough with your hands until it has become firm but still soft
-Cover the dough with clean kitchen cloth and let rest for 30 minutes in a warm place
-After the dough has rested and poofed, take it from the bowl and place it on a lightly floured surface
-Cut the dough into four equal parts
-Take one of the dough and roll in out into a circle. The thickness should be 1/4 inch, but you can roll thinner or thicker depending on your preference
-Use a Glass, Plastic Cup, Cookie Cutter to cut into suitable sizes or shapes

-I used the rim of a Glass to cut out round shapes of the Mandazi
-Cut the circles out from the rolled out dough
-The excess pieces of the dough set aside as you will roll them again and cut out the shapes
-Repeat the process of cutting the shapes until all the dough is finished
-Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed deep cooking pan
-Let the oil heat until it is very hot. If the oil has not heated enough the Mandazi will absorb a lot of oil while cooking
-Cook the Mandazi until golden brown
-Remove the Mandazi from the oil, shake the ladle a bit to let excess oil drop back into the pan
-Put the Mandazi in a large bowl on kitchen paper to drain out excess oil, cover to keep warm until you have cooked all the Mandazi
-You never waste any Mandazi dough. When you are cutting out the round shapes, there will be the outside shapes that remain
-You can keep adding to the dough until you finish cutting them or you can just leave them as you cut and cook them on their own

-Fry the remaining pieces at the end

-They are small and crunchy

-Crunchy on the out side but soft and fluffy on the inside

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NUTMEG MIXED SPICE MANDAZI

by Mulunga Alukwe August-9-2017

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Milk
• 1 1/2 Cinnamon
• 1 1/2 Nutmeg
• 2 Cups All Purpose Flour
• 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
• 3 Tablespoon Butter
• 4 Tablespoons Sugar
• 2 Eggs
• Pinch Salt

Instructions

-Sift Flour into a large bowl. Add Baking powder. Add in the Margarine/Butter and rub with your hands until mixture resembles breadcrumbs-Add Sugar, Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Mix well and set aside-Mix the Milk and Eggs together until well combined. Pour the Milk-Egg mixture into the dry ingredients-Knead the dough with your hands until it has become firm but still soft-Cover the dough with clean kitchen cloth and let rest for 30 minutes in a warm place-After the dough has rested and poofed, take it from the bowl and place it on a lightly floured surface. Cut the dough into four equal parts. Take one of the dough and roll in out into a circle. The thickness should be 1/4 inch, but you can roll thinner or thicker depending on your preference-Use a Glass, Plastic Cup, Cookie Cutter to cut into suitable sizes or shapes-Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed deep cooking pan. Let the oil heat until it is very hot. If the oil has not heated enough the Mandazi will absorb a lot of oil while cooking-Cook the Mandazi until golden brown. Turn once so that the second side cooks-Put the Mandazi in a large bowl on kitchen paper to drain out excess oil, cover to keep warm until you have cooked all the Mandazi-Serve with a drink or have as a snack

Details

Prep time: 45 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 1 hour 15 mins Yield: 4 Servings