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Makara

Name: Makara
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Central African Republic
Ingredients: 300g All-purpose flour; 2 tsp Dry yeast; 4 tbsp Sugar; A pinch Salt; 220ml Water; To taste Oil for frying

Snack

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Yeasted wheat dough fried into balls — the Central African Republic's morning fried bread.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Makara is a breakfast and snack staple in the Central African Republic: wheat dough leavened with sugar and yeast is fried into balls. On Bangui's roadsides they're fried in big pots from early morning and eaten with tea or coffee.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Bangui roadside in the morning, a woman drops dough by hand into a big pot of oil, and the puffed round breads pile up in a basket.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

All-purpose flour 300g
Dry yeast 2 tsp
Sugar 4 tbsp
Salt A pinch
Water 220ml
Oil for frying To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Warm the water to body temperature.
Put the flour, yeast, sugar, and salt in a bowl, add the water, and mix about 5 minutes.
Cover and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour until doubled.
With wet hands, pinch off bite-size pieces and drop into 170°C oil.
Fry, rolling them, until golden.

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