Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, magwinya (fat cakes). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Magwinya (fat cakes) is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Magwinya (fat cakes) is something which I have loved my entire life.
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.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook magwinya (fat cakes) using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Magwinya (fat cakes):
- Prepare 3 1/2 cups flour
- Make ready 5 g yeast (half a packet)
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Prepare 1 1/2 tbs sugar
- Get 1-2 litre oil
- Prepare 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
- Enjoy๐
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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