Recipe: Perfect Kenyan Mandazi

Kenyan Mandazi.

You can cook Kenyan Mandazi using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Kenyan Mandazi

1. It's 1 1/2 cup of cake flour.
2. It's 1/4 tsp of salt.
3. It's 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
4. It's 1/2 tsp of nutmeg.
5. Prepare 1 1/2 Tbsp of butter.
6. Prepare 1 Tbsp of sugar.
7. Prepare 1 of large egg.
8. You need 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
9. Prepare 1/4 cup of buttermilk.

Kenyan Mandazi instructions

1. Sift together flour, salt, baking powder and nutmeg. Give a one final whisk and set aside.
2. In another bowl using a wooden spoon, lightly beat together butter and sugar until combined. Beat in the egg and vanilla until fully incorporated and lastly stir in the buttermilk.
3. Mix the dry mixture into the wet mixture and bring the dough together by lightly kneading it on a floured surface. If too wet, add more flour as needed (sometimes you'll need a lot more flour than you anticipated - that should not alarm you). Cover dough and let rest for 30 minutes.
4. Once rested, flour your counter top and roll the dough flat but not too thin. Using a pizza cutter cut it into squares as seen in the image.
5. Heat enough oil for deep frying oil on medium heat until the tip of a wooden spoon sizzles when dipped into it. Deep fry the dough squares for 3 minutes of each side or until golden brown. Drain and cool on a paper towel.
6. Enjoy with a cup of spiced tea! Other servings suggestions include: sprinkled of sugar; hot and dipped in golden syrup; glazed with white or dark chocolate ganache; or served with a honey dip.