As the economy is tending to change goal posts of late that one has to think outside the box to devise easy means to survive and cope up with the trends of life, one has to learn how to save every single coin that they can since no one knows what might happen tomorrow.

One way of safeguarding tomorrow is saving money for breakfast that we have been using on buying expensive snacks, and adopting the habit or learning how to make home made breakfast snacks for our families.

In this article, I will take you through some of the cheapest snacks that will serve the purpose. For instance, Mandazi and Kabalagala (Ugandan pancakes) are some of those so easy to make snacks with just only three ingredients that don’t even cost that much.

How to make mandazi (East African doughnuts)

In order to make perfect and delicious Mandazi you will need, water, wheat flour, salt, sugar and margarine or butter as ingredients.

Mix two table spoons of salt, one cup of sugar and four tea spoons of baking powder. Let them be mixed well until crystals get dissolved, then add baking flour and mix until the dough is compacted.

The following step is to place the dough in a greased bowl, and cover the bowl loosely with a clean cloth. Put the bowl in a warm place and let the dough rise for 30 minutes to one hour, or until the dough is creased.

Thereafter, divide the dough into four portions, and roll out one portion of the dough into a circle about one inch. Cut the dough into small rectangles depending on how big you want your mandazi to be, and then repeat the step with the remaining dough portions.

You can go on and heat the oil in a large pot until it reaches about 350 degrees. Working in a circle, fry the dough for two to three minutes, and then turn the dough on the other side and fry for two to three minutes also, or until dough is golden brown.

The mandazi can be served as breakfast instead of buying bread or simply eat mandazi as a snack in the afternoon with coffee or tea.

Preparing Ugandan pancakes (Kabalagala)

One simple way of preparing Kabalaga is having cassava flour, ripe Sweet bananas and cooking oil as ingredients. The quantity really depends on how big your family is.

To make sweet, aromatic and soft pancakes, peel the ripe sweet bananas, place them into a clean bowl and pound them. Slowly add the cassava flour to the mashed bananas and mix well till it forms into non sticky dough but still soft.

Place the dough on a clean floured surface and using a rolling pin, gently roll out to medium thickness. (Do not roll it out so thin, because the pancakes will come out hard). Get a glass and cut the pancakes out.

Deep fry the cut out pancakes in the boiling cooking oil, while changing them till they turn golden brown. Remove them from the pan and place them in a clean container and enjoy your breakfast.