Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, magwinya (fat cakes). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Magwinya is one of the most loved food in Botswana. Its a type of food you can't miss in the morning, afternoon or dinner time. You can serve it with soup.
Magwinya (fat cakes) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Magwinya (fat cakes) is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook magwinya (fat cakes) using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Magwinya (fat cakes):
- Get 3 1/2 cups flour
- Make ready 5 g yeast (half a packet)
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Get 1 1/2 tbs sugar
- Take 1-2 litre oil
- Take Warm water
Mix all the dry ingredients together and pour the yeast mixture and stir. To any Tswana-speaking person, magwinya, also known as fat cakes, need no introduction. To the rest of the world, this is what puts a smile on the faces of millions of people in Botswana and South. Fat cakes also known as Vetkoek (in Afrikaans) or Oukuki ( in my mother tongue Oshiwambo) are sweet, fluffy and moist deep fried dough balls.
Instructions to make Magwinya (fat cakes):
- Pour half a cup of warm water and yeast in a jug so it starts bubbling.
- Mix all the dry ingredients together and pour the yeast mixture and stir.
- Pour the warm water into the flour mixture gradually, stir until the mixture is soft but not too watery or runny.
- Knead the dough with your hands for about 10 to 15 minutes (don't skimp on the time to avoid hard magwinya). You can use a mixer if you have one with dough hooks until dough pulls away from the bowl.
- Cover the dough with a cloth or plastic and let it rest for at least 1 hour at room temp.
- Roll out the dough on a floured surface to avoid sticking. Cut with round or rectangular cutters.
- Fry in hot oil until golden
- Enjoy😊
Fat cakes are so loved in Namibia, especially in the. (Fat Cake, Amagwinya, Magwinya, Fetcooks, Mafatcooks). Fat Cakes are popular baked goods. They are made with marshmallow and contain pink coconut shavings on top and a chocolate cake in the middle with cream filling. They are a parody of Sno Balls, as well as a parody of Tastykake. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository.
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