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Kenya · Coast (Mombasa)
Vibibi, "little ladies" in Swahili, are the soft, sweet, yeasted pancakes of the Kenyan coast: rice soaked overnight and blended with coconut milk, sugar, an egg and cardamom into a batter that is left to rise, then cooked in a small covered pan until holes open on the top and the underside is golden. They are a Ramadan and weekend breakfast in Mombasa, eaten with tea or kahawa, and they are naturally gluten-free. Vitumbua are the same batter cooked as little domes in a dimpled pan.
The draft was written from 2 published sources and holds 9 ingredients and 7 steps. It has never been cooked by anybody at AFN, which is why it is waiting.