Dish: Maandazi
Description: A street food which is a fried doughnut
Photo: From Recipe
My Creation
My Notes: this is fine with a tea or coffee as it is very dry. I sprinkled icing sugar on mine. My result came out dark because I tried jaggery instead of date sugar.
Recipe Link: http://travelbystove.palfreymedia.com/djibouti-recipes-maandazi-khamir.asp
Where is Djibouti : Another one of those ridiculously small countries in Africa
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