Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, baked mahamri. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Since mandazi/mahamri are normally fried, these are an ideal and healthier alternative because they are baked. It is soft and guilt free from fried ones. Mahamri are traditional Swahili doughnuts especially popular in the coastal regions of Kenya, Tanzania ,and Uganda.
Baked Mahamri is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Baked Mahamri is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have baked mahamri using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Baked Mahamri:
- Get 2 cups AP flour
- Take 1 TBS yeast
- Make ready 1/4 tspn cardamon powder
- Take 1 egg
- Make ready 2 TBS milk powder
- Make ready 1/2 tspn baking powder
- Get 4 TBS oil or melted butter
- Get 3 TBS sugar
- Prepare Some warm water for kneading
For mahamri, yeast is the rising agent of choice. For authentic mahamri, use yeast, not baking powder. I also used self raising flour in the past, and it did not taste as authentic. Mahamri are made by the people of Eastern Africa to take with their tea or coffee.
Instructions to make Baked Mahamri:
- In a bowl sieve flour and baking powder, then add all the dry ingredients and mix well
- Add the egg mix then slowly add the water as you knead till you achieve a nice, soft and slightly sticky dough
- Cover and let rise to double size
- Divide dough to 4 balls
- Whilst the balls are covered, take one roll 1/2" and cut to 4 pieces, put aside. Repeat with the remaining balls, once done arrange on greased baking tray and cover to let them rise
- Pre heat oven to 180°
- Put the tray in the oven and let cook for 8 to 10mins
- Remove from oven, dab with butter and keep them covered
You do not need any special skills to make them. This hub will take you step by step on how to make these tasty snacks. Mahamri is a yeast risen, coconut flavored donut. It is very popular in Eastern African countries. Mahamri and Bharazi are two very popular Eastern African dishes that are often served together.
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