Mandazi

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups self-rising flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 2 teaspoons cooking oil
• 3 -4 cups additional cooking oil (to fry the dough)

Recipe

• 1 mix the flour, sugar and water together until an even dough.
• 2 add the 2 teaspoons of oil into the dough and continue mixing.
• 3 meanwhile, put the 3-4 cups of oil into a pan/pot on the stove and set on high.
• 4 beat the dough until soft yet firm.
• 5 if the dough is still not yet as tough, add another half a cup of self rising flour and knead the dough.
• 6 once completely mixed and firm, flatten the dough with a rolling pin (dough should be about 1/8th of an inch thick).
• 7 cut the dough into shapes (i like to make hearts and circles, as well as triangles and squares).
• 8 carefully lay the cut out dough shapes into the pan and wait for the edges to brown. when they reach a medium brown, flip the dough and cook the other side.
• 9 when the mandazi has finished cooking, lift out of the pan and keep in a covered pot.