Mkate Kuta Recipe
This is a typical traditional recipe among the Kenyan Nubian’s. Mainly served as a breakfast snack, Mkate Kuta was traditionally served on the wedding day to escort the bride. It is common to this day among the Nubian’s as a snack for the entire family
Ingredients
3 ½ cups (531 g) wheat flour, all-purpose
3 ½ cups (563 g) wheat flour, self-rising
1 ½ cups (293 g) sugar
6 1/3 cups (1240 g) cooking oil
1 ¼ tsp. (2 g) cardamom powder
3 ½ cups (783 g) water
Preparation 20 minutes | Cooking 1 hour | Serves 4
• Put the all-purpose flour and the self-rising flour into a pot.
• Heat 1 cup of oil in a cooking pot for 5 minutes.
• Add heated oil into the flour mixture gradually.
• Mix sugar and cardamom powder separately and then add into the flour mixture and stir.
• Heat the water for 4 minutes or until warm. Add all the water gradually while kneading.
• Knead the mixture to the desired consistency or until a soft dough is achieved.
• Cover the dough and set aside for 20 minutes to allow the sugar to dissolve.
• Knead the dough again for sugar to mix evenly.
• Divide the dough into 2 balls.
• Spread it out into at least 1-inch thickness, cut it lengthways and later into small cubes.
• Heat the remaining oil in a frying pan for 10 minutes or until hot.
• Gently drop the pieces into the hot oil.
• Cook until golden brown and turn.
• Repeat this for all the pieces.
• Remove from oil and place on paper towels to drain the oil
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