Visheti

Name: Visheti
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 28 min
Total time: 88 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Tanzanie
Ingredients: 250 g wheat flour plus 10 g for dusting; 50 g melted butter cooled to lukewarm; 100 ml water for dough, added gradually; 4 g baking powder; 1 g salt; 1 g ground cardamom; 100 g sugar; 50 ml water for coating; About 800 ml frying oil, estimated 25 g absorbed by batch

🍪 Small crisp fried dough diamonds coated in crystallised sugar.

Ingredients

250 g wheat flour plus 10 g for dusting
50 g melted butter cooled to lukewarm
100 ml water for dough, added gradually
4 g baking powder
1 g salt
1 g ground cardamom
100 g sugar
50 ml water for coating
About 800 ml frying oil, estimated 25 g absorbed by batch

Preparation

Mix flour, baking powder, salt and cardamom. Rub in butter, add dough water gradually until soft but not sticky

cover and rest 15 minutes.

Roll to 4 mm and cut into 2 cm diamonds. Fry small batches at about 170 °C in a stable pan filled no more than one-third, about 4 minutes each

allow 20 minutes for all batches. Drain and check a cooled test piece has a cooked centre.

Dissolve sugar in 50 ml water, boil gently about 5 minutes to thicken. Add fried pieces and stir gently on low heat about 3 minutes until sugar turns white and crystallises. Never touch or taste hot syrup.

Spread out and cool completely 20 minutes. Divide into 8 small portions. Total 88 minutes includes 25 preparation, 28 cooking and 35 resting/cooling.