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Kenyan Mahamri Cooking Recipe

Mahamri or Mandazi as it is commonly known is an alternative to bread or tea biscuits. It is sweetened and spiced. Mahamri is a specialty at the Kenyan coast. Coastal women prepare them for breakfast or even as an accompaniment for vegetarian dishes.

WHAT YOU NEED TO PREPARE MAHAMRI

cardamom

yeast

sugar

White flour

fresh milk or coconut milk

Eggs- This is optional ·

Warm Water

Salt

Oil

HOW TO PREPARE MAHAMRIS

1. Dilute one teaspoon of yeast in a cup of warm water and leave it undisturbed for at least three hours.

2. Mix a teaspoon of crushed cardamom, four tablespoons of sugar, a pinch of salt and three eggs.

3. Add half a cup of warm milk and yeast to the mixture and mix thoroughly.

4. Add three cups of white flour to the paste and knead the dough until it is fine. Make sure it has no flour lumps.

5. Divide the dough into several medium sized balls and roll them onto a floured board or surface.

6. Depending on the size of each ball, cut the rolled dough into smaller pieces. You can cut them circular or square, depending on your choice.

7. Let these balls rest under room temperature for about two hours so as to allow them to lighten up.

8. Pour the oil into a pan and heat it until it is hot. Begin to fry several of the mahamris at a go. Cook them on both sides until they are golden brown in colour. Do not let them stay in the pan for more than three minutes.

Serving tips

Good for breakfast with tea or black coffee. They can also be eaten on their own as a snack, or served with fried cowpeas as a full meal.

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Learn How to Make Kenyan Vegetable Curry Recipe

Eating low fat recipes should not mean depriving yourself. It is possible to enjoy delicious food without sacrificing flavor. You can lower the fat in existing recipes by switching regular cheese for low fat cheese or whole milk for skim milk, or you can follow low fat recipes.

This applies to appetizers as well as entrees and if you are hosting a party or buffet you can make low fat appetizers without anybody guessing, because they will taste so good! Here are some good ideas for healthy and easy Kenya Vegetable Curry recipe:

The Kenya region is blessed with a sunny climate that produces excellent vegetables and fruit the whole year through. Whether you like to eat your vegetables as a side dish, or as a main course, here you’ll find a vegetable recipe for you.

Long Time ago creativity has made wonders with vegetable recipes based on succulent eggplants, cucumbers, cauliflower, pears, zuchini, tomatoes, sweet onions, peppers, pumpkin flowers, fava beans, sweet potatoes, olives, wild mushrooms… the list is endless.

Learn how to make Kenyan Vegetable Curry Recipe. There are many vegetable recipes in Kenya but nothing beats this recipe. In this site we will guide you if you want to learn how to make it.

 

INGREDIENTS TO MAKE VEGETABLE CURRY

•2 large onions, finely chopped

•2 tblsp. oil

•1 tsp. cumin seeds

•1 tsp. mustard seeds (the black kind, if possible)

•8 medium potatoes, quartered

•1 and 1/2 tsp. fresh ginger, crushed

•1 large garlic clove, minced and crushed

•1 tblsp. ground cumin

•1 tblsp. whole coriander, crushed

•2 chili peppers or 1 tsp. cayenne pepper

•1/2 tsp. turmeric

•1 tsp. salt

•4 cinnamon sticks

•6 cloves

•4 oz. tomato paste

•1/2 lb. green beans

•1/2 of a small Cauliflower

•1 medium Eggplant

•1/2 lb. fresh green peas, shelled, or 1 small package of frozen green peas

1. bunch of fresh leafy greens (kale, spinach, collards, etc.), or 1 small package of frozen greens

•1/2 cup dry Chickpeas, cooked (optional)

DIRECTIONS TO MAKE VEGETABLE CURRY

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large, heavy skillet or pot, brown the onions in moderately hot oil along with the cumin seeds and mustard seeds. Add the Potato pieces (peeling is optional), and stir to coat each piece with the spices.

Now add the remaining spices and continue to stir for several minutes. Thin the tomato paste with about 2/3 cup of water. Stir into the pot.

Add vegetables, one at a time, cooking for a minute or so between each addition, and put in the cooked Chickpeas last.

If your pot is not oven proof, transfer mixture to one that is. Cover with a lid or seal with foil and bake for about 45 minutes, checking after the first 20 minutes.

The consistency should be rather thick, but add liquid if necessary to prevent burning. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking. Serve over rice or with Indian bread.

Kenyan vegetarian Curry recipe is often simplicity itself: It focuses on bringing out the purest natural flavors of the ingredient itself without a lot of handling. That’s why if you prepare it with second-rate produce you can be disappointed. Use natural fresh fruit and vegetables and you’ll be happily surprised.

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Cooking Tips: Kitchen Setup

Setting up your kitchen with the proper flow makes cooking easier and it helps keep your cooking area better sanitized. Here are some tips on how you can keep a proper flow in the cooking area in your kitchen.

1. There are really two parts to your cooking area. Your prep area and your plating area. If you're right handed, your prep area should be to your left. Its the other way around if you're left handed. You want it this way because you'll be spend most of your time in the prep area, and stirring in the skillet on the other side.

2. You never wanna leave your knife out or in a drawer. Always use a knife block. This makes it safer and easier to keep all of your knives organized.

3. Always keep to cutting baords. One meats and one for vegtables. Also, use a wooden cutting board. Do this because studies have shown that wooden cutting boards help kill bacteria and not store it like glass or plastic.

4. Keep you salt, olive oil, and pepper in the prep area. This helps save time. Keeping your can-opener in the prep area helps save time also.

5. Having a trash can nearby is helpful too. This helps keep the prep area clean.

6. Your seasonings and vinegars should stay right above your prep area. Never keep them over the stove because the heat will dry them out and they'll lose flavor.

7. Now on the other side you'll have your plating area. Keep your plates in the cabinet right above.

8. Keep your cooking utensils in the plating area as well. Do this because you never wanna grease to splatter on your cooking utensils, making them unsanitary.

This proper format will make it easier to cook and and keep your cooking area clean at the same time.

Cooking is easy as long as you know how to followdirections.As you learn more and more recipes, you remember how to cook them. Its really that easy. For example to make regular eggs scrambled, sunny side up, over easy it doesn't matter, all you have to do is grease up your pan with margarine, set the stove to medium, put your eggs in the pan, and let it cook all aroound. Now to make an omelette, all you're doing is mixing your eggs with whatever you want to put in them and cook it the same way you would make regular eggs. See its that easy. Now the problem that most people have is that they know how to make certain dishes. All they really have to do is find a recipe or cookbook and follow directions. So people don't learn how to cook they just follow and remember directions well. All you have to do is find a great cookbook.

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