Mandazi - East African Sweet Bread

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1. 1Step 1: Mix flour and dry yeast in a bowl.
2. 2Step 2: Add the remaining ingredients.
3. 3Step 3: If using a bread mixer, let the dough mix for at least 20 minutes.
4. 4Step 4: If using your hands, knead the dough well for about 20 minutes as well.
5. 5Step 5: The dough should be soft and just an itsy bit sticky (add more milk if necessary).
6. 6Step 6: Divide the dough and shape it into balls. Each ball should be about the size of your palm.
7. 7Step 7: Cover with a cloth and let it sit and rise for about an hour, or store the dough in a plastic container/cling film and refrigerate or freeze to use later.
8. 8Step 8: Take a ball of dough, and sprinkle lightly with flour. This is to make sure the dough doesn’t stick to a surface when you’re rolling it out.
9. 9Step 9: Using a rolling pin, roll out the piece of dough into a flat circular shape. Roll it until the dough is about a millimetre thick.
10. 10Step 10: Slice the dough into 4 pieces, similarly to the way pizza is sliced.
11. 11Step 11: Now it’s time to fry the dough. Pour oil into a frying pan (the pan should be fairly deep) and set it to medium-high heat.
12. 12Step 12: Once the oil is hot, put the slices of dough into the oil. Let it simmer on each side for about a minute or so, turning the dough a total of three times.
13. 13Step 13: Once it’s golden brown and puffed up, take it out of the oil and serve.