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A very lively exchange has been going on for a while at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s00Fq_EkLAM on Aimees mandazi recipe on this site. Some folks say that is not “mandazi” but “kitumbua”, others say it’s “mahamri” and so on. I would like to assume, that “mandazi” is a general name. To be on the safe side, I will call this “half cake mandazi”. I remember during school days, there were very tasty “half cake” you could buy in Jinja town, near the source of the Nile …
Mercy’s Chapati Recipe is another (East African, i.e. Ugandan, Kenyan, Tanzanian, Rwandan, etc) simple chapati recipe, with milk and eggs, which is more elaborate than >> A Simple Chapati Recipe <<, but with better chapatis.
We try to make Tuna Pizza with improvised ingredients. … You can however do a better job, than that in the picture of spreading the tomato sauce & other toppings over the pizza bottom. 😉
So after techrina (in some connected forum) requested for this recipe, it was decided something had to be done. I know someone who cooks this now and then & so I combined what I saw her do with what I know about preparing potato au gratin to come up with this. Cassava is widely eaten in Africa, being prepared in different ways and so I thought doing it a little differently would not be bad at all. Gratin is otherwise not an African dish.
Cuisine: East African Cuisine: East African Cuisine: East African Ingredients650 grams plain wheat flour600 ml lukewarm water80 grams sugar (Some people prefer more, others less. Taste the dough!)1 sachet yeast (for 1/2 kg flour (Check out the manufacturer's instructions))1/2 teaspoon
Cuisine: European Cuisine: European Cuisine: European Ingredients500 grams plain wheat flour (such as used for cakes)250 mls lukewarm water250 grams button mushrooms150 grams grated cheese (preferably mozzarella)3 tbsp high quality oil (preferably olive oil)1 big onion1 paprika2 cloves fresh garlic4
Cuisine: East African Cuisine: East African Cuisine: East African Ingredients8 cups plain wheat flour1 tablespoon baking powder1/2 cup sugar1/2 cup milk1 cup oil InstructionsIn a bowl, add flour, baking powder, sugar, mix together with spoon or whisk. Then add beaten
Here is a simple, quick and easy, soft chapati recipe, the way it is made in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and other countries in the East African region. Bear in mind Indian chapati is made differently and a different type of flour is used!