Jambo · welcome to the kitchen
Kenyan kitchen stories, one pot at a time.
Rafiki is an AI cartoon parrot chef. The recipes are real, and the first one is Mom's mandazi: soft, cardamom-scented and fried fresh.
Recipes
Mom's mandazi
Makes about 32Cardamom, coconutFried fresh
Ingredients
Allergens: wheat (gluten), milk (ghee), coconut, and egg if you add it.
Steps
Adults only near hot oil. Make 8 dough balls, roll each and cut it into 4 triangles: that is about 32 mandazi. Pole pole: good dough cannot be hurried.
More recipes are coming: chapati, pilau, kachumbari, sukuma wiki and Mom's nan khatai. Joining the list below tells us what to cook next.
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Small batches from a Toronto home kitchen. Pre-orders only for now: tell us what you want and we reply with price and pickup details. Nothing is charged online yet.
About
Who is Rafiki?
Rafiki means friend. He is an AI-generated cartoon parrot chef: the character is made with AI, the recipes come from real family kitchens, and every post says so.