Medium
Comorian
Mkate wa Mayai
Traditional Comorian spiced egg bread
165
Total Minutes
8
Servings
Vegetarian
Gluten-Free
Cooking Times
135 min
Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
165 min
Total Time
Ingredients (14 items)
3.00 cups
All-purpose flour
4.00 large
Eggs
1.00 cup
Coconut milk
warm
2.25 tsp
Active dry yeast
2.00 tbsp
Sugar
1.00 tsp
Salt
1.00 tsp
Cardamom powder
0.50 tsp
Turmeric powder
0.50 tsp
Black pepper
freshly ground
1.00 medium
Onion
finely chopped
2.00 small
Green chilies
finely chopped
0.25 cup
Fresh coriander
chopped
4.00 tbsp
Butter
melted
2.00 tbsp
Sesame seeds
for topping
Instructions (14 steps)
1
Mix warm coconut milk with sugar and yeast.
5 minutes
2
Let yeast mixture foam.
10 minutes
3
Mix flour, salt, cardamom, and turmeric.
4
Beat eggs with black pepper.
5
Add eggs and yeast mixture to flour.
6
Knead into soft dough.
10 minutes
7
Add onion, chilies, and coriander.
8
Cover and let rise.
60 minutes
9
Punch down and shape into oval loaf.
10
Let rise again.
30 minutes
11
Brush with melted butter.
12
Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
13
Bake in preheated oven.
30 minutes
14
Cool before slicing.
15 minutes