Strawberries Apple Smoothie

Ingredients 

Strawberries 

Apple juice

Oatmeal

Making Crispy Yummy Chicken Wings Using the Air Frier

I was late in the game but so far so good. Love everything about it. 

How to make crispy wings.

Mix in a bowl onion powder, garlic powder, ginger powder,, cumin powder, smocked paprika, chilli powder, black pepper and salt. 

Then mix 1 cup of flour and 1 teaspoon of cornstarch in a tray but you can get crispy wings without the cornstarch. I like this way.

Dry the wings with a paper towel and then mix thoroughly with the onion, garlic mixture. 

Dip your wings in the flour and cornstarch mixture to cover them.. Once they are all covered with the flour arrange them on the rack and follow your air frier instructions for making Chicken Wings. 

Enjoy

Nyama Ya Kuku ya Kuchoma (Grilled chicken)

Ingredients
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest 
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 
1/2 teaspoon salt 
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 
1 pound chicken thighs & legs 

1 teaspoon minced ginger 
 1 teaspoon hot red chilli (options)

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Directions 
In a large shallow dish, mix lemon zest, lemon juice, ginger, hot pepper and salt. 
Place the chicken in the dish, and turn to coat. 
Cover, and marinate 3 hours in the refrigerator. 

Prepare your outdoor grill for high heat. 
Put the chicken on the prepared grill and discard remaining mixture. 
Grill until the chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear.

Tanzanian Style Beef Kabobs

Ingredients
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest 
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 
1/2 teaspoon salt 
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 
1 pound boneless beef cut into 1 inch pieces 
1 large red onion, cut into wedges 
1 large green bell pepper, cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces 
1 teaspoon minced ginger 
1 pound cherries tomatoes
Hot red peppers (options)

Easy Yummy Carrots Cookies

This is such a yummy recipe and super easy to make. You can’t go wrong. My 5 year old daughter and I make this together all the time. It is not a perfect recipe but healthy. 

Ingredients
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup canola oil
3 eggs
1/2 cup applesauce
3 cups carrots
1 ½ whole wheat flour 
1 ½ white flour 
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon vinegar (option)
½ white sugar  
1 cup oatmeal (option)

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Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
In a mixing bowl, cream the canola oil and brown sugar, eggs one at a time and vanilla; mix well.
Combine  the dry ingredients excerpt the white sugar and add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
Add grated carrots and mix again but do not over mix.
Carefully shaping balls of dough into a plate containing sugar. 
Put them onto an ungreased baking sheet. Flatten with fork. Bake for 12 minutes or until done.

Chapati za Maji - Tanzanian Pancakes (Crepes)

Ingredients 

1 cup milk 

2 eggs

1 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup sugar

1 cup all purpose flour

1 tablespoon canola oil and more for cooking pancakes

1/2 cup water (or as needed)

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Directions

Mix all the wet ingredients and whisk 

Put the flour salt and sugar in a large mixing bowl.

Gradually whisk in the wet mixture and mix.

The batter need to me not too heavy or too light. Just right enough so you will be able to scoop. If it is to heavy add a little more water. 

Cover and let it rest for abut 30 minutes to 1 hour

Heat the nonstick frying pan over medium -high heat.

Put small part of canola oil in the frying pan and swirl around so that it lightly coats the surface.

Pour a scant 1/4 cup batter into pan, quickly tilt pan in all directions so that the batter covers pan with a thin film.

Cook about 1 minute and carefully lift the edge of the pancake with a spatula and flip on another side and cook again for about 1 minute. 

Remove to a plate and repeat with a remaining batter. (Make sure to put a fresh dab of canola oil in a frying pan before pouring the batter each time)  

Serve them while hot with tea or stew. 

Mahindi ya kuchoma (Grill Corn Tanzanian Style)

Ingredients
Corn on the cob 

Direction
Charcoal Grill – Get the coals started and heat up until gray or medium hot. Arrange them so they are in an even layer.

Prep the Corn – Strip the corn husk all the way back to the stem. Do remove all the silk to expose the corn kernels.  

Half Cake (Tanzanian little cakes) Half Keki

Picture credits to http://www.cs.odu.edu/~wild/africa/recipes/recipes12.htm...

Ingredients
4 cups - All purpose flour
1/2 tbsp - Baking powder
1/2 tbsp - Baking soda
1/8 tbsp  - Salt
1 cup - Sugar
1 cup  - water (milk option)
1/4 cup - Vegetable oil 
2 cups - Vegetable oil for frying

Kalimati Mandazi ya Maji

Tanzanian Buns (Mandazi Style 1) Made with Baking Powder

Ingredients
1 egg

1/2 cup sugar
1 cup milk
4 Tbsp. margarine, melted
3 cups white flour
2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp salt 
Oil (for frying)

Directions

• Bring all ingredients to room temperature before mixing them together.   

Tanzanian Buns - Mahamri (Mandazi Style 2) Made with Yeast

Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 Tbsp. margarine, melted
3 cups white flour
2 tsp. yeast
1/2 to 1 cup water
1/2 tsp salt

Direction

• Bring all ingredients to room temperature before mixing them together.   
• Mix all ingredients in a bowl and kneel it until you form a dough.
• Add more water or flour if necessary but you need to have a dough like a bread dough texture. Soft but not too sticky. 
• Cover the bowl and keep it in a warm place until double the size.
  Roll the dough on a lightly floured board until it is about 1/4 inch think. 
• Cut into the shape you like and fry in hot oil. 
• Fry until both sides are golden brown. 
• Remove Mandazi from oil and drain on paper towels 

Tanzanian Meat Pie

Coconut Kashata Somali - style

Ingredients
1 cup - Milk
2 cups - Sugar
2 cups - fresh or moist grated coconut (or dried grated coconut moistened with a few tablespoons of milk or water)
1 tsp - mint extract

Direction
In a hot skillet add milk and let it boil.
Then add sugar
Let it boil for about 8 to ten minutes and stir occasion so the milk won't boil over. 
Add shredded coconut and

Easy Hummus Recipe (Kotoweo cha Dengu)

A friend of mine (Jewish) one day invited me over for dinner at his mother's house. His mother served a homemade hummus and I loved it. I have been using hummus for quite sometime now in replace of dips and butter but the homemade one was just so delicious so I decided to learn how to make it from scratch by myself too. I found out the secret is the order in which you add ingredients to your food processor and  for extra smooth hummus is to remove the skins of each chickpea.

Hummus is a Middle Eastern and Arabic food dip or spread. The hummus acts as both the protein and the condiment. I love hummus on cucumber slices, in fact, it's great on anything green.

Kababu za Kuku (Chicken Kababu)

Ingredients:
1Ib breast chicken (ground Turkey)
7 tbsp breadcrumbs
1 tbsp curry powder
1 tsp cumin powder
1 egg
1 tsp red chilli flakes (option)
1 large potato (peeled, boiled and mashed)
1 tbsp garlic/ginger paste
Salt to taste
Coriander
Oil for frying

Direction:
Mince your chicken using food processor or meet grinder. Put the chicken in a frying pan with a little bit of oil, salt, black pepper (ground), red chilli flakes (option)  and some lemon juice.

Cook the chicken, constantly stirring it until there’s no liquid left. Remove from heat and let it cool.

Put the cooled chicken in a mixing bowl.

Next add all the ingredients except the oil for frying and mix well.

Then place the mixture in the fridge for at least half an hour.

After half an hour, remove from the fridge and taste for salt.

Shape them into kebabs and deep fry them in hot oil.

Since the oil is hot, keep an eye on the kebabs not to burn.

Serve them with lemon wedges or chutneys.
Enjoy!!!

Vitumbua (Tanzanian Coconut Rice Cup Cakes)

Ingredients


2 cups rice flour   
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 tablespoon yeast
1 cup sugar  
1/2 cup coconut cream
Cardamon pods
Water at room temperature
Oil for frying

Cooking part

1. Soak the rice in water for 4 to 12 hours. Then empty the water completely.







2. Use blender or food processor to make fine flour




Process unit you get a thick creamed mixture



In a large mixer bowl combine 1/2-teaspoon sugar, 1/2-cup water and yeast let it sit for five minutes. Then add the rest of the ingredients and mix well until smooth. Cover the bowl with a hot wet towel to rise
The norm way to make them us by using vitumbua pan. If you don't have then use the Japanese pan, non-stick muffin pan or heavy frying pan. Heat the stove at medium-high adds a tsp of oil. Allow the oil to heat and then pour the mixture until reaches 3/4 to the top (like 1/2 a cup). Turn when tops are covered with bubbles and edges look cooked. Remove from heat when kitumbua stops steaming or test with a skewer to see if it is done.

Place them on a paper towel right away.

Mandazi Ya Nazi (Coconut Mandazi)

Ingredients
6 cups multipurpose wheat flour
1 eggs
2 tablespoons margarine, butter or vegetable oil
1/2 sugar
1 can coconut milk
2 1/2 teaspoons yeast
1/2 powder milk ( or 1 cup milk)
1 cup room temperature water if you are using powder milk
1 teaspoon ground Cardamon
pinch of salt
oil for frying