Kenyan Coconut and Cardamom Mahamri
Lightly sweet fried buns flavored with coconut milk and cardamom, from the Swahili tradition of Kenya’s coast.
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Kenyan beef pilau
Basmati rice cooked with beef, deeply browned onion, tomato, and toasted spices. Serves 4; preparation: 30 minutes; cooking: 55 minutes.
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Kenyan mahamri
Fried buns from Kenya’s Swahili coast, flavored with coconut milk and cardamom. Makes 4 servings.
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Kenyan Samaki wa Kupaka
Golden fish served with a creamy coconut, spice and tamarind sauce, in the style of Kenya’s Swahili coast.
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Kenyan Mandazi
Kenyan yeasted buns flavored with cardamom and cinnamon, cut into triangles, and fried. This version uses coconut milk; some sources call this variation mahamri.
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