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fried dough

Common NamesLegemat or mandazi, Malagasy donut, Mandaazi, bagiya, beignets, boortsogi, cachanga, deep fried bread, deep fried flour,... More
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fried dough is commonly consumed in 39 countries.
Chad
Common name: beignets
Eritrea
Common name: meqlil
Eswatini
Common name: emafethi
India
Common name: murukku
Botswana
Common name: magwinya or fatcakes
Burundi
Common name: mandaazi or beignets
China
Common name: fried bread stick
Djibouti
Common name: bagiya
DRC
Common name: mikaté
Myanmar
Common name: e kyar kway
Namibia
Common name: fat cakes
Nepal
Common name: sel roti
Peru
Common name: cachanga
Rwanda
Common name: Mandaazi
Tanzania
Common name: Mandaazi
Tunisia
Common name: ftayer
Kyrgyz Republic
Common name: boortsogi
Lao PDR
Common name: kanom eun or kholo, patankoh or kanumku
Lesotho
Common name: makoenya
Madagascar
Common name: deep fried flour, Malagasy donut, savory dough ball
Malawi
Common name: mandazi
Niger
Common name: fanké / wheat beignets
Timor-Leste
Common name: deep fried bread, sweet doughnut
Kenya
Common name: ngumu, mandaazi
Papua New Guinea
Common name: flour balls, donut
Mali
Common name: beignets
Zimbabwe
Common name: fatcooks or magwinya
Uganda
Common name: mandaazi
Uzbekistan
Common name: boortsogi
Serbia
Common name: uštipci or fried dough
South Sudan
Common name: Legemat or mandazi
Samoa
Common name: panikeke
Solomon Islands
Common name: ring cake
Kazakhstan
Common name: boortsogi
Philippines
Common name: kropek
South Africa
Common name: vetkoek / amagwinya
Guyana
Common name: fry bakes or floats
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