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Kenya · Coast (Mombasa, Lamu)
Mbaazi za nazi is the Swahili coast's breakfast: pigeon peas soaked overnight, boiled soft and simmered in coconut milk with fried onion, garlic, a little turmeric and chilli, until the sauce is thick and nutty. It is eaten in Mombasa, Malindi and Lamu with mahamri (the cardamom-scented fried bread) or with chapati, and East African Asian families know it as bharazi with mandazi. It is vegan by nature and one of the coast's cheapest full meals.
The draft was written from 2 published sources and holds 11 ingredients and 5 steps. It has never been cooked by anybody at AFN, which is why it is waiting.