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Kac Kac

Name: Kac Kac
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Somalia
Ingredients: 300g All-purpose flour; 2 Egg; 80g Sugar; 40g Butter; 80ml Milk; 1 tsp Cardamom powder; 1 tsp Baking Powder; To taste Oil for frying

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Cardamom-scented dough cut small and fried — Somalia's crunchy fried sweet.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Kac kac is a fried sweet made in Somali homes: a dough of flour, eggs, sugar, and butter scented with cardamom is cut small and fried crisp. It's served at Eid and celebrations with sweet shaah (spiced tea). Since it keeps well, people make big batches and store them in tins.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On the morning of Eid in a Somali living room, a bowl of crisp little fried sweets and sweet spiced tea are offered to guests.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

All-purpose flour 300g
Egg 2
Sugar 80g
Butter 40g
Milk 80ml
Cardamom powder 1 tsp
Baking Powder 1 tsp
Oil for frying To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Combine the flour, baking powder, cardamom, and sugar, then add the melted butter, eggs, and milk and knead.
Rest 30 minutes.
Roll 1cm thick and cut into 2cm squares or diamonds.
Fry in 170°C oil until golden.
Cool and store in a tin.

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