Pilau Ya Kuku (Chicken Pilau - Tanzanian Recipe)

Ingredients:

• one-half teaspoon cumin seeds
• one-half teaspoon whole black peppercorns
• several whole cloves ("cloves" not "cloves of garlic")
• one cinnamon stick (or a few pinches ground cinnamon)
• a few cardamom pods (or a few pinches ground cardamom)
• oil for frying
• several cloves of garlic
• two teaspoons fresh ginger
• three cups of rice (uncooked)
• one big onions, chopped
• one to two pounds of meat (beef, chicken, mutton, fish, shrimp, or prawns), cut into bite-sized pieces
• two to four potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters

Mkate Wa Wayahudi (Challah Bread with Grape Jam)

2 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C) 

1 tablespoon active dry yeast 

1/2 cup honey 

4 tablespoons vegetable oil 

3 eggs 

1 tablespoon salt 

8 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 

1 tablespoon poppy seeds (optional) 

Grape jam (optional) 

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

Sambusa za Wasiokula Nyama (Vegitarian Samosa)

For the Pastry

1 1/2 cups all purpose Flour

1/4 cup oil

1/8 cup water

Salt 1 teaspoon

Red Chili powder 1/4 teaspoon

For the filling

4 medium Potatoes, boiled and mashed coarsely

1/2 cup green Peas, cooked

1/2 tsp Garam Masala

1/4 tsp Pepper

Bagia Bhagia Baghia Bajia Bhajia Tanzanian Style

These have so many ways of spelling and pronouncing them but however you call them they are just so yummy...

Ingredients 

1 cup chick pea flour 
1/2  tsp turmeric powder 

1/4 cup onions (finely chopped)
1 tsp garlic paste
1/2 ginger paste

1 tsp chilies 
1/2 scallions  

1 tbsp fresh parsley