CARDAMOM SPICED MANDAZI

When it comes to Mandazi, I love them fluffy and soft and, I love having them warm with marsala tea. Adding cardamom spice to your mandazi makes them so delicious since cardamom is fragrant with a touch of earthiness.

CARDAMOM VANILLA MUG CAKE

I was craving something sweet and I needed it to be fast so what is my answer to my craving, mug cake yo! Before we get into the thick of things HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY! To every woman working hard to put food on the table, I salute you. Moms, sisters, aunts, daughters, nieces, grandmas every woman out there, you are special and loved. I have been thinking a lot about spices and so I decided to spice up this mug cake with one of my favorite warm spice that is cardamom. Speaking of cardamom, I used to correct people who wrote cardaMOM thinking that it was cardaMON. Am I the only one who thought that? I'm sure am not, I know you thought that too or are still thinking in that direction. Anyway apart from having a fantastic aroma, cardamom has some great health nutrients that benefit your body as a whole. To think that I lived my life without spices! I shudder. This mug cake turned out fluffy soft you would think it was baked in the oven. What has been your favorite mug cake flavour so far? 

CARDAMON MANDAZI

Don't you just love a freshly made breakfast in the morning? Today I'm going to share with you a Kenyan snack recipe that is great for breakfast and any time of day. Mandazi is made by frying kneaded dough briefly in hot cooking oil. Mandazi is also known as Swahili Bun or Swahili Coconut Doughnut that originated from the Coastal region where the Swahili are the local inhabitants. Mandazi is very popular since it is convenient to make and can be interpreted in many forms while cooking. The original Mandazi is made with Coconut Milk or Coconut Cream, Cardamon Spice and Yeast, but you can make with Milk or Water, when it comes to spice you can add Cinnamon or any other Spice you prefer. As for the Yeast you can use Baking Powder instead.This Snack can be eaten with most foods like Dips, Beans (Mbaazi, the most common for this recipe), Milk Tea or Black Tea or you can have it on its own. You can even make the Mandazi with Almond nuts or Peanuts to give it a different flavour. You can either use Eggs or skip it, mine I made without and it turned out great. This is just one variation of the many recipes available for Mandazi, I will be making more in the near future as I want to try out the different flavours. Enjoy today's snack and let me know if you have made Mandazi before. Follow me on Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest