East African Breakfast Platter
East African Breakfast Platter

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Great recipe for East African Breakfast Platter. #nonindian - This is a typical East African breakfast menu that are very popular. On this platter you will find MANDAZI, a deep fried doughnut which is the most favourite of all. It is generally served with tea or chai in the Swahili lingo. Breakfast platters Fresh, luscious fruits, buttery scones and just-baked muffins make for a memorable early-morning event.

East African Breakfast Platter is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. East African Breakfast Platter is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have east african breakfast platter using 25 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make East African Breakfast Platter:
  1. Take For Mandazi / Mahamri (Doughnuts)
  2. Make ready 1 cup plain flour
  3. Take 2 tbsp butter
  4. Make ready pinch salt
  5. Get 3 tbsp powdered sugar
  6. Get 1/2 tsp baking powder
  7. Take 1 egg
  8. Get 1/4 tsp. cardamom powder
  9. Prepare as required warm milk
  10. Take as required oil to deep fry
  11. Prepare For Uji Wa Wimbi (Porridge):
  12. Get 3 tbsp. millet flour (I used Sorghum / Jowar flour)
  13. Get 2 + 1/2 cup water
  14. Take 2-3 tbsp. sugar / honey or to taste
  15. Get 1/4 tsp. cardamom powder
  16. Take For Fried Nduma (Arrowroot):
  17. Make ready 2-3 Arbi, boiled, peeled & cut into thick slices
  18. Prepare pinch salt
  19. Prepare pinch pepper or to taste
  20. Make ready 2 tbsp. oil to shallow fry
  21. Prepare For Fried Sweet Potato:
  22. Take 1 medium size sweet potato, boiled, peeled & cut into thick slices
  23. Take pinch salt
  24. Get pinch pepper powder or to taste
  25. Make ready 2 tbsp. oil to shallow fry

East African stews are common at all three meals. The stews are often made with vegetables and groundnuts, often peanuts, to make a nutritious, protein-rich breakfast. A string loop on the back allows it to be hung on a wall. Smoked salmon platter Fresh slices of rye bread topped with cream cheese & smoked salmon with slices of lemon & capers.

Instructions to make East African Breakfast Platter:
  1. Mandazi - Mix together flour and butter till it resembles bread crumbs. Then add all the other ingredients (except milk) and knead into a dough. Add milk if required. Cover with a damp cloth and keep aside for 30 minutes.
  2. Divide the dough into two equal portions. Roll out each portion into a circle of 1/4" thickness. Cut into squares with a pizza cutter.
  3. Heat oil in a pan and deep fry in batches till till light golden in colour. Drain on a kitchen towel and dust with some powdered sugar. Enjoy for breakfast with a hot cup of tea / coffee.
  4. Uji Wa Wimbi - Bring 2 cups water to a boil. Meanwhile mix together millet flour and 1/2 cup water into a paste.
  5. When the water comes to a boil, add the sugar/ honey and cardamom powder. Simmer till the sugar dissolves.
  6. Then add the flour paste and continue to simmer on a low flame till it turns thick to a desired consistency. Switch off the flame and serve as breakfast, garnished with a pinch of cardamom powder.
  7. Nduma - Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the sliced arrowroot on both sides till they are light golden in colour. Drain and sprinkle salt and pepper. Your simple breakfast is ready.
  8. Fried Sweet Potato - Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the sliced sweet potato on both sides till they are light golden in colour. Drain and sprinkle salt and pepper. So Breakfast is ready.

A string loop on the back allows it to be hung on a wall. Smoked salmon platter Fresh slices of rye bread topped with cream cheese & smoked salmon with slices of lemon & capers. The Gujarati immigrants to East Africa have not only preserved the food traditions of their homeland but also embraced the foods and ingredients of the country they adopted. One of their most loved breakfast foods is Bharazi -Mandazi an East African equivalent to Poori-Bhaaji, Fafda- Jalebi, Dal - Pakwan, Poha-Jalebi, Chole-Bhature and likes. Omelets, boiled eggs - sometimes sliced in half and liberally sprinkled with cumin and salt, sweet Moroccan pastries, spiced lentils, and a soft and sour cheese called jiben might also be found on the breakfast table.

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