🇸🇸 South Sudanese Cuisine

Mandazi

Fried Sweet Dough

Prep Time 30 min

Servings 8

Difficulty Easy

Calories 226 kcal

Lightly sweetened triangles of fried dough, crispy on the outside and pillowy within, eaten with tea as the favorite South Sudanese afternoon treat.

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp ground cardamom
1/4 tsp grated nutmeg
1 egg
1/2 cup coconut milk
Vegetable oil for frying

Instructions

1 Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, cardamom, and nutmeg.
2 Beat egg and coconut milk together, add to dry mix.
3 Knead into soft dough. Rest 15 minutes.
4 Roll out to 1cm thickness and cut into triangles.
5 Heat oil to 170°C. Fry triangles until puffed and golden, about 3 minutes per side.
6 Drain and serve warm with tea.

Did You Know?

The perfect mandazi should be so light it practically floats — heavy mandazi is a sign the oil was not hot enough, and vendors take great offense if you mention it.