It’s a double month, so you have more delicious food options for your chapter meeting or to add to your menu at home. But we’re pulling from the archives for our second batch of recipe delights. We repeat a recently featured country and one for which we have a delightful collection of recipes – enough to make a full meal.

Just last month, Together Women Rise featured a grantee from Kenya, and one of this month’s Featured Grantees, Moving the Goal Posts, also serves women and girls there. Recipe curators Kristina Skepton and Terri Tucker brought us a wonderful Kenyan-approved tasting menu that is a great option to repeat or try for the first time. But you can also pull from some of our past Kenyan recipes, including doughnut-like Mandazi pictured above, from curator Georgia Reader.

Want to make it a full meal? Start with Stewed Okra, perfectly in season if you have a local farmers market. Serve over rice for a vegan feast. Or add Pilau, a chicken and rice dish that is greater than the sum of its parts. For a one-pot dish, try Pepper Soup. Explore the rich offerings of Together Women Rise’s recipe archive to celebrate the cuisine of Kenya and beyond.

Mandazi

Ingredients
¼ cup warm water
2½ teaspoons active dry yeast
½ cup sugar
¾ cup coconut milk
1 egg
3 cups flour
1 cup shredded coconut
1 teaspoon salt
1½ teaspoons ground cardamom
½ teaspoon mace
canola oil for frying

Directions
Mix warm water, yeast, and sugar in a mixing bowl and let sit for a few minutes until the yeast begins to bubble. Slowly whisk in the coconut milk and egg. In a separate bowl sift together the flour, salt, ground cardamom, and mace. Mix the dry and wet ingredients together and knead by hand until they are thoroughly combined.

Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover loosely, and let rise until dough has doubled in size. This will take 1-2 hours, depending on the temperature of the room.

When the dough is ready, transfer it to a floured cutting board and let rest for 20 minutes. Divide the dough in two pieces and roll them out to ¼ – ½ inch thick and cut into desired shape.

Pour 1 inch oil in a fry pan and heat on medium until oil is 375 degrees.

Place a few of the mandazi in the pan and fry each side for a few minutes until they are golden brown. Remove the cooked mandazi from the oil with tongs and place on paper towels to remove the excess oil. Allow the oil to return to 375 degrees between batches.

These can be eaten warm as is or cooled and dusted with powdered sugar.

Recipe and photo credit: Georgia Reader