Spongy cardamom mandazis. See recipes for Cardamon mandazi too. Use your strainer to splash oil over the top of the mandazi in order to help them puff up. As soon as you see the bottom side of the mandazi has turned light-gold brown turn them over.

Make a well in the center, then use a rubber spatula to mix in the egg and coconut milk until the dough comes together. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth. 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. You can have Spongy cardamom mandazis using 10 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Spongy cardamom mandazis

You need 3 cups of all purpose flour.
Prepare 1 tsp of instant dry yeast.
Prepare 1/2 cup of sugar.
Prepare 1 pinch of salt.
Prepare 1 tbsp of baking powder.
You need 3 of egg yorks.
It's 1/2-1 cup of warm milk.
You need 2 tbsp of margarine.
You need 2 tbsp of vegetable oil.
You need of Oil for deep frying.

As for the Yeast you can use Baking Powder instead. Mandazi originates from East African and can be made with grated coconut, spiced with cardamom, nutmeg and fried to perfection. Be sure not to overcrowd the pan because it will drop the temperature of the oil. Only fry as many mandazis as can float in the pan without touching one another.

Spongy cardamom mandazis step by step

With the milk in a glass, add in the yeast and a tsp of sugar.so as to activate it.
In a mixing bowl, whisk the rest of the dry ingresients.
Rub in the margarine and the oil into the dry ingredients..
Pour in the warm milk with yeast as you mix until the dough comes together.
Cover with a damp cloth and let proof till it doubles in size.
Knead the second time.
Roll out the dough and cut to desired shapes and sizes.
Place in a tray and cover with the damp cloth. Allow to rise for a second time.
In a medium heated oil, dip the proofed dough pieces and let them fry till golden brown on both sides.
Place in an underlined container.
Serve with desired drink.

The term mandazi in Kenya sparks snack time, breakfast mood, an appetizer before lunch, or even a soft late night dinner to entertain your groaning stomach before going to bed. Mandazi is a slightly sweet East African Street Food; spicy, airy yeast doughnut made with coconut milk, flavored with cardamom and grated fresh coconut/ coconut flakes It can be made with yeast or baking powder. In a mixing bowl combine the flour, baking powder (if not using yeast), Sugar, and spice (cardamom is most common in Eastern Africa). Add the wet ingredients into a separate bowl and mix well. Now add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and knead into a dough.