2nd MAANDAZI
Hereford Butter Market, HerefordMaandazi x vitumbua
Once again located in Hereford Butter market is the wonderful Rivas Tanzanian Cuisine. As I bought a bunch of dishes I have written each review separately to show the proper respect the each food.
The first image shows the beautiful, Mochi like
Food called vitumbua, which according to the lovely lady at the counter is a personal favourite and I absolutely had to agree. I say Mochi represents it closely due to the texture and that’s all down the the rice, Vitumbua is a pounded rice cake which when mixed with water and given time to set it becomes stretchy and rubbery just like mochi. As for the flavour, it had a subtle bitter rice taste yet a strong flavour of cinnamon and or nutmeg came through with a delicate aftertaste of coconut. A must buy if in Hereford.
From there I ordered the Maandazi, this fried ball of goodness is a perfect example of “goes well with tea” because it does !!! Essentially the closest thing I could relate it to is a Jamaican dumpling and both are super delicious.