Weekend:making mandazi / myLot

Kenya

August 21, 2021 2:39am CST

It's another weekend and am happy about it. Little sister is coming over she has been away for a couple of months. I missed her so much . On my to do list today,am gonna make mandazi made from wheat flour and deep-fried. It's a common meal here . Happy Saturday today

!! Have a great weekend mylotters!!

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Anna

@LadyDuck (482274)

• Italy

21 Aug 21

It is just wheat flour deep fried and no filling? We do the same in Italy, it's called gnocco fritto.

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43902)

• Cambridge, England

21 Aug 21

Mandazi are made with coconut milk and cinnamon and baking powder rather than yeast, but the principle is the same.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (482274)

• Italy

21 Aug 21

@owlwings Thank you very much Owl, so those are a sweet version. We eat the gnocco fritto with the Italian cured meats (prosciutto, salame, coppa and so on).

Anna

@LadyDuck (482274)

• Italy

21 Aug 21

@cacay1 After Owl explained what it is I searched and I see they are also called "puff -puff" and bofrot.

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Disha Singh

@ThatDisha (4010)

• India

21 Aug 21

It looks very yum..does it contain any kind of filling?

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Disha Singh

@ThatDisha (4010)

• India

21 Aug 21

@cacay1 ohh i have never seen or had it

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Laura

@Laurakemunto (13121)

• Kenya

21 Aug 21

Here no I just did the simple recipe

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Laura

@Laurakemunto (13121)

• Kenya

21 Aug 21

@ThatDisha wow it exists here common in every area

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Notlilie

@prinzcy (32300)

• Malaysia

26 Aug 21

Looks like samosa.

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Laura

@Laurakemunto (13121)

• Kenya

26 Aug 21

Yes but doesn't need the filling like the peas,or minced meat

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eileenleyva

@eileenleyva (27555)

• Philippines

21 Aug 21

Mandazi has a filling inside?

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eileenleyva

@eileenleyva (27555)

• Philippines

22 Aug 21

@Laurakemunto More like biscuits. Yup, I think I'd love to nibble mandazi.

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Laura

@Laurakemunto (13121)

• Kenya

21 Aug 21

No you just cook it from wheat flour

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26773)

• United States

21 Aug 21

Looks delicious! What filling is it? Have a great reunion time!!

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26773)

• United States

23 Aug 21

@Laurakemunto You're welcome!

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Laura

@Laurakemunto (13121)

• Kenya

23 Aug 21

@oahuwriter

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Laura

@Laurakemunto (13121)

• Kenya

21 Aug 21

Thanks alot!

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Nazzrah

@Nurazzz (23)

• Indonesia

21 Aug 21

Seen of main ingredients and how to fried, look like a donut recipe. And because it's similar for me, I often give the topping of chocolate granules or powdered sugar which is simpler. Well, but that is Mandazi. Still looks yummy...

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Laura

@Laurakemunto (13121)

• Kenya

21 Aug 21

Yea it's sweet I just do it simple

Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43902)

• Cambridge, England

21 Aug 21

I'm very interested in all the responses from people in the Philippines, Indonesia and Italy about the slightly different varieties of the same thing which amounts to small deep-fried pieces of bread dough. They all sound very tempting and I'd love to try them. In England we don't deep fry many things at home. We tend to leave that to restaurants and take-aways who have the ability and the equipment to have large pans of hot fat or oil. The nearest equivalent to mandazi that we have here would be doughnuts which are tennis ball sized lumps of sweet yeast dough deep fried until done and then coated with sugar and then filled (with a syringe) with jam or chocolate. Very delicious! I would like to try mandazi - they sound rather like mini doughnuts, only easier to make.