Ethiopia · Ethiopia

Mahmuri (Ethiopian Spiced Doughnut Bread)

Name: Mahmuri (Ethiopian Spiced Doughnut Bread)
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Ethiopia
Ingredients: all-purpose flour 500 g; instant yeast 7 g; ground cardamom 6 g; sugar 50 g; butter 50 g; egg 1 pieces; warm water 320 ml; oil for frying 700 ml; fine salt 5 g

A cardamom-scented leavened bread fried until crisp and golden.

70 minutes · 6 servings · Moderate

Mahmuri is a leavened dough scented with cardamom and then fried rather than baked, which gives it a golden, faintly sweet surface and a soft interior. It fills the role of a sweet bun rather than that of a flatbread, and is often eaten with tea. Frying it means the oil must be hot enough to colour the outside before the middle overcooks.

Ingredients

all-purpose flour500 g
instant yeast7 g
ground cardamom6 g
sugar50 g
butter50 g
egg1 pieces
warm water320 ml
oil for frying700 ml
fine salt5 g

Directions

1
Mix flour, yeast, sugar, salt, cardamom, water, egg and butter; knead 10 minutes.
2
Rise covered 40 minutes.
3
Roll into a flat disc about 1 cm thick.
4
Cut into wedges; fry at 180C for 4 minutes until golden.
mahmuri is golden and crisp

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