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Mandazi (Swahili: Mandazi, Maandazi) is a form of fried bread that originated on the Swahili coast. It is also known as bofrot or puff puff in Western African countries such as Ghana and Nigeria . It is one of the principal dishes in the cuisine of the Swahili people who inhabit the Coastal Region of Kenya and Tanzania.
Puff-puffs are generally made of dough containing flour, yeast, sugar, butter, salt, water and eggs (which are optional), and deep-fried in vegetable oil to a golden-brown color. Baking powder can be used as a replacement for yeast, but yeast is a better option. [2] After frying, puff-puffs can be rolled in sugar.
Dundu, is a Yoruba meal of roasted or deep-fried slices of yam. It may be fried in palm oil or vegetable oil; water is added to soften the yam as it cooks. Dundu is usually eaten with a sauce made of groundnut or palm oil, tomatoes, chili peppers and seasoning. [62] Ojojo is a Yoruba beignet made from grated/ground water yam (Dioscorea alata ...
In Yemen, the zalabiyeh was fried in a soapstone pot lined with oil about 1 cm. deep, in which oil and sometimes honey was mixed. [9] There, zalabiyeh was "made from a soft yeast bread [and] which is fried on both sides in deep oil. There are those who add to the dough black cumin for improved taste. They are eaten while they are still hot ...
Deep-fried sweet dough balls covered with crystal sugar or sesame seeds. Possibly influenced from the Dutch Oliebollen. Bolinho de chuva: Brazil: Deep-fried sweet dough balls Bomboloni: Italy: Similar to German Berliner, with a cream (or chocolate) filling. Boortsog: Central Asia: A fried dough food found in the cuisines of Central Asia, Idel ...
A stew or sauce (depending on water content) common to much of West Africa. [8] It originates from the Mandinka and Bambara people of Mali. [14] Variants of the dish appear in the cuisine of nations throughout West Africa and Central Africa. Makroudh: Tunisia and Morocco and Algeria: A pastry often filled with dates or almonds. Mala Mogodu
The fritters are deep-fried in vegetable oil and, once golden, are coated in cinnamon-sugar for a sweet finish. [25] In Canada, the apple fritter remains especially popular; Tim Hortons , a leading Canadian coffee and doughnut chain, reported that the apple fritter became their top-selling doughnut in 2023.
Lokma is a dessert made of leavened and deep fried dough balls, soaked in syrup or honey, sometimes coated with cinnamon or other ingredients. The dish was described as early as the 13th century by al-Baghdadi as luqmat al-qādi (لُقْمَةُ ٱلْقَاضِيِ), "judge's morsels". [2] [3] [4]