KENYAN SOFT MANDAZI RECIPE

 

INGREDIENTS FOR MAKING MANDAZI

This is a simple summary, a printable recipe card with the full measurements has been provided at the bottom of this page. Here are the ingredients you will require to make eggless mandazi:-

• self-raising flour (plus more to dust) - use three cups of all-purpose flour combined with one and a half teaspoons of baking powder, if you do not have self-raising flour.
• granulated sugar - you can also use a sugar-free sweetener, such as erythritol. Just bear in mind that it does not react with flour in a similar manner as regular sugar, and may make your mandazi hard.
• grated rind of one lemon.
• cardamom (iliki) (optional).
• some salt - this helps balance out the sweetness, so the mandazi do not end up too sweet.
• some warm water - seeing that this mandazi recipe is without coconut milk or regular dairy milk for that matter, you will also require some water to make the dough.
• cooking oil - to fry. I recommend using oils neutral in taste and with a high smoking point such as sunflower, cotton seed, and canola oil.