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Make Dough
Mix flour, sugar, yeast, cardamom, nutmeg, and salt. Add warm coconut milk and oil. Knead into a soft, smooth dough.
The dough should be soft but not sticky — add flour if too wet.
Malawian fried dough balls spiced with cardamom and coconut milk — a sweet breakfast treat or snack.
Mandasi are the East African answer to donuts — golden, puffy balls of fried dough found at every market and bus station in Malawi. Flavored with coconut milk and cardamom, they are the perfect breakfast paired with sweet tea. Their aroma wafting from roadside vendors is one of the defining scents of Malawian mornings.
Malawian fried dough balls spiced with cardamom and coconut milk — a sweet breakfast treat or snack.
Best for everyday meals, with a easy cooking level and about 40 minutes total.
Use the interactive recipe fallback or country hub to explore pairings.
Mandasi belongs to 2 AfroKitchen collections. Vegetarian Africa is the strongest cluster route to start from. Vegetarian Africa
Regional variations and live helpers still layer on top through AfroKitchen’s interactive surfaces. This static page is the crawlable starting point, while the fallback template handles extra kitchen tools when needed.