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🇰🇪 Kenyan · 🏙️ Nairobi

🍩 Mandazi

8 servings · 45 min

The dish's story

A world-famous Tamarind Group restaurant opened in 1980, celebrated for its 'Beast of a Feast' all-you-can-eat roast meats carved tableside over a central charcoal pit, the definitive Nairobi nyama choma destination.

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Ingredients

  • all-purpose flour 2 cups
  • sugar 1/4 cup
  • ground cardamom 1 tsp
  • instant yeast 2 tsp
  • warm coconut milk 3/4 cup
  • egg 1
  • oil for frying as needed

Method

  1. 1 Mix dry ingredients, then add coconut milk and egg to form a soft dough.
  2. 2 Knead 5 minutes, rest covered 1 hour until puffy.
  3. 3 Roll to 1/2-inch thick, cut triangles, and fry in hot oil until golden.
  4. 4 Drain and serve warm with chai.
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