Mix flour, salt and baking powder. Add Margarine/butter and rub with your hands until they form breadcrumbs
Add cinnamon and lemon zest, into the flour
Mix milk ad eggs in a small cup and whisk well
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredinets
Add lemon juice to the dough and continue to knead the dough
Knead until the dough is smooth. Cover to rest 30 minutes
The dough will have doubled in size
Divide the dough into four equal sizes
Roll out one of the dough into your desired thickness
Use the rim of a glass to cut out round shapes
Repeat the process until the whole dough is cut into round shapes
Heat a heavy deep bottomed pan until the oil is hot. Drop the mandazi a few at a time. Fry until golden brown. Put in large bowl covered with paper towel to drain excess oil and keep warm
You can choose to have flesh inside your mandazi or have the mandazi be hollow. Rolling thick or thin will will give you either
