Mandazi are triangular fried dough — a yeasted dough of wheat flour, coconut milk, sugar, cardamom, and sometimes a little egg, cut into triangles or half-moon shapes and fried until puffed and golden. The outside is lightly crisp. The interior is soft and airy, with the cardamom running through the crumb and the coconut milk […]

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Kaimati are small, round fried dumplings — a yeasted batter of wheat flour, yogurt or coconut milk, cardamom, and sometimes a little semolina, dropped by the spoonful into hot oil and fried until they are crunchy on the outside and soft within, then tossed immediately in a sugar syrup or honey glaze that sets sticky […]

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