{"id":2021,"slug":"mandazi-east-african-doughnuts","title":"Mandazi (East African Doughnuts)","description":"Mandazi are East African doughnuts that originated from places like Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. They are popular as a street food.","ingredients_raw":["4 milk cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for working the dough","1 tsp baking powder","1 pinch salt","1 tsp lemon zest","½ cup white granulated sugar","½ tsp ground cloves (optional)","2 tbsp margarine or butter, at room temperature","2 cups water","1 tsp vanilla essence","Vegetable oil for frying"],"ingredients_norm":["milk cups all purpose flour","baking powder","salt","lemon zest","white granulated sugar","ground clove","margarine or butter","water","vanilla essence","vegetable oil"],"steps":["Sift together the flour and baking powder in a bowl.","Mix in the salt, lemon zest, sugar, and cloves.","Rub in the butter until the flour becomes coarse.","Combine the vanilla and water, then mix this into the flour mixture to get a firm dough.","Knead the dough for about 2 minutes until it no longer sticks to your hands. Set aside to rest for 10 minutes.","Flour a work surface, and roll out the dough to about 1-inch thickness.","Cut the dough into 10 equal squares, then roll each square into a ball.","Heat a pan of oil over medium heat. Deep fry the mandazi in batches of 5 for about 10 minutes or until they are puffed, brown all over, and cooked through.","Remove when it is fully done and enjoy your delicious East African Doughnuts."],"categories":["Fritter recipes","African recipes","Recipes for fritters","Fried recipes","Recipes using baking powder","Recipes using white sugar","Recipes using butter","Recipes using lemon zest","Recipes using clove","Recipes using all-purpose flour","Recipes using vegetable oil","Recipes using margarine"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Mandazi_(East_African_Doughnuts)","source_ref":"4517754","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Mandazi_(East_African_Doughnuts)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"db7152bfdf5f352b23b82c2000838b37ad6b30de89dd84a7a7cccc06aac82299","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:08Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/mandazi-east-african-doughnuts"}