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Mahamri

Name: Mahamri
Cuisine: Tanzanian
Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons active dry yeast; 2 tablespoons sugar; 1 teaspoon cardamom powder; 1 cup coconut milk; 1 cup water; for frying vegetable oil; 1/2 teaspoon salt

Mahamri is a lightly sweet, cardamom-spiced fried bread popular along the Swahili coast of Tanzania and Kenya. This fluffy, golden-brown treat is often enjoyed with tea or dipped in coconut chutney, reflecting the region’s blend of African and Arab culinary influences.

8 ingredients

sweetspicedcoconutfragrantfried

Culinary DNA Preview

Tanzanian70%

Arab30%

Ingredients

all-purpose flour
3 cups
active dry yeast
2 teaspoons
sugar
2 tablespoons
cardamom powder
1 teaspoon
coconut milk
1 cup
water
1 cup
vegetable oil
for frying
salt
1/2 teaspoon

Method

Steps not available

Origin Story

Mahamri's origins trace back to the Swahili coast, where Arab traders introduced cardamom and other spices, which were adapted into local cooking traditions to create this beloved fried bread.

Culinary DNA

Ingredient ancestry breakdown

Tanzanian70%

ingredients+techniques

Arab30%

ingredient_origin

Techniques

fermentation kneading deep frying rolling

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