Mahamri

Name: Mahamri
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 3 cups flour; 1 tsp yeast; 1 cup coconut milk; 3 tbsp sugar; 1/2 tsp cardamom

Mahamri/mah-HAHM-ree/

About this dish

Lightly sweet, cardamom-spiced fried bread triangles, popular along the Kenyan coast.

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Ingredients

🌾3 cups flour

🫙1 tsp yeast

🥥1 cup coconut milk

🍬3 tbsp sugar

🌰1/2 tsp cardamom

Method

Serves 4

Mix flour, yeast, coconut milk, sugar, and cardamom into a soft dough; let rise for an hour.

Roll out and cut into triangles.

Deep-fry until golden and puffed.

Drain and serve warm with tea or bean stew.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Mahamri reflects Swahili coastal cuisine, showing Arab and Indian Ocean trade influence, commonly eaten with tea or bean stew.

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