Recipe: Appetizing Pan cakes- mkate wa maji
Recipe: Appetizing Pan cakes- mkate wa maji Delicious, fresh and tasty.
Pan cakes- mkate wa maji. Mapishi ya mahamri, chapati, mikate ya maji ,vibibi na mkate wa naan. Mkate wa maji are Kenyan crepes consisting of flour, water, eggs, sugar, and ground cardamom. The batter is cooked in a pan with These crepes are often sprinkled with sugar and are served hot for breakfast.
The Kenyan Sponge Cake is more famously known as Mkate wa Mayai (literal translation means Bread of Eggs).
It's a very light and fluffy cake, that takes absolutely no time to prepare using minimal ingredients, and is really refreshing to have with a cup of tea or coffee.
There is no butter or milk in.
You can cook Pan cakes- mkate wa maji using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Pan cakes- mkate wa maji
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It’s of water.
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It’s of all purpose flour.
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It’s of baking powder.
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Prepare of salts.
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You need of sugar.
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You need of egg.
Mix eggs and sugar with a cake mixer, add the milk and the essence and mix well.
Add the flour but mix with a wooden spoon.
You can crash the berries and add them.
Pour the mixer in a baking pan.
Pan cakes- mkate wa maji instructions
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Mix the flour baking powder, salt, sugar and egg.
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Whisk the mixture till they are all mixed up.
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The mixture should be thick enough.
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Heat a cooking pan until it is hot, then pour oil.
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Pour and spread the mixtures evenly on the pan when the pancakes gets bubbles on top and its slightly dry around the edges flip over.
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Cook until golden on the bottom for about 1 minute.
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When your pancakes is ready serve with a cup of tea or coffee. Enjoy.
You can bake in an oven or use a jiko, but use little charcoal.
Have you ever heard of Mkate wa Sembe (Swahili words directly translating to bread of maize meal).
This bread/cake is a delicious accompaniment for tea time.
Mkate wa maji/ Chapati ya maji.
Delicious cake recipe from Kenya, both delicious and easy to prepare with egg, currant and flour.
