Name: Mandazi (East African Coconut Doughnuts) By Serious Eats
Prep time: 9 h
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 10 h 15 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: East African Recipes
Ingredients: ¼ cup warm water; ½ tsp sugar; ½ tsp dried yeast; 50 g pure creamed coconut; ¼ cup water; 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour; ½ cup sugar; ⅓ tsp coarsely ground green cardamom seeds; Sunflower oil

RatingDifficultyIntermediate

Mandazi (East African Coconut Doughnuts) By Serious Eats

Yields12 Servings

Prep Time9 hrsCook Time1 hr 15 minsTotal Time10 hrs 15 mins

Mandazi is coconut donuts that are traditionally served alongside bharazi, or pigeon peas stewed in coconut cream, although they're also wonderfully enjoyed all by themselves.

No matter what you think when you read this recipe, if you’ve never tried these light fluffy donuts, we promise you they are worth the effort.

Mandazi is a great snack on their own but we love them paired with bharazi. The mandazi is the perfect vehicle for soaking up every last bit of the delicious bharazi sauce.

¼ cup warm water

½ tsp sugar

½ tsp dried yeast

50 g pure creamed coconut

¼ cup water

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

½ cup sugar

⅓ tsp coarsely ground green cardamom seeds

Sunflower oilfor frying

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