Mandasi

Lightly sweet fried dough, eaten with tea.

Ingredients

• 4 cups Flour
• ½ cup Sugar
• 2 tsp Yeast
• 1¼ cups Milk
• 1 Eggs
• 3 tbsp Butter
• 1 tsp Cardamom
• 1 tsp Salt
• 4 cups Frying oil

Method

1. Make the dough — Warm the milk, dissolve the yeast, then knead in flour, sugar, egg, butter, cardamom and salt.
2. Prove — Rise 1 hour until doubled.
3. Shape — Roll out and cut into triangles or squares.
4. Rest again — Let them sit 15 minutes so they puff in the oil.
5. Fry — Fry at 175°C, turning once, until golden.
6. Mandasi are ready — Drain and serve warm with tea.

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