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fried dough

Common NamesLegemat or mandazi, Malagasy donut, Mufuball, bagiya, beignets, boortsogi, cachanga, chicken foot snack, deep fried brea... More
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fried dough is commonly consumed in 46 countries.
Botswana
Common name: magwinya or fatcakes
Burundi
Common name: mandaazi or beignets
Chad
Common name: beignets
Chile
Common name: sopaipilla
China
Common name: fried bread stick, fried dough twist
DRC
Common name: mikaté
Djibouti
Common name: bagiya
Eritrea
Common name: meqlil
Eswatini
Common name: emafethi
Guyana
Common name: fry bakes or floats, chicken foot snack
India
Common name: murukku
Kazakhstan
Common name: boortsogi
Kenya
Common name: ngumu, mandaazi
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, Mufuball, savory dough ball
Malawi
Common name: mandazi
Mali
Common name: beignets
Mongolia
Common name: fried bread
Morocco
Common name: shfenj / beignet
Myanmar
Common name: e kyar kway
Namibia
Common name: fat cakes
Nepal
Common name: sel roti
Niger
Common name: fanké / wheat beignets
Papua New Guinea
Common name: flour balls, donut
Peru
Common name: cachanga
Philippines
Common name: kropek
Rwanda
Common name: Mandaazi
Samoa
Common name: panikeke
Sao Tome and Principe
Common name: wheat fritters
Serbia
Common name: uštipci or fried dough
Solomon Islands
Common name: ring cake
South Africa
Common name: vetkoek / amagwinya
South Sudan
Common name: Legemat or mandazi
Sri Lanka
Common name: murukku
Tanzania
Common name: Mandaazi
Timor-Leste
Common name: deep fried bread, sweet doughnut
Trinidad and Tobago
Common name: doubles or roti, fried bakes
Tunisia
Common name: ftayer
Uganda
Common name: mandaazi
Uzbekistan
Common name: boortsogi
Yemen
Common name: malawach
Zimbabwe
Common name: fatcooks or magwinya
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