Vitumbua

What we know so far

Vitumbua (one is a kitumbua) are the small round rice cakes of the Swahili coast, fried in a dimpled pan so each comes out crisp and brown outside and soft and spongy inside. The batter is soaked rice ground with coconut milk, a little sugar, yeast and cardamom. They are sold at street corners and bus stands across Tanzania in the early morning and are a Ramadan favourite, eaten with a cup of spiced chai.

The draft was written from 3 published sources and holds 8 ingredients and 7 steps. It has never been cooked by anybody at AFN, which is why it is waiting.

What claiming it means

1. Cook it the way you actually make it. Change anything in our draft that is wrong, and most of it probably is.
2. Photograph your own, so the page carries a real picture instead of somebody else's.
3. Send it in. An editor reads it, and it publishes with your name on it and a link to your profile.

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