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What is an air fryer?

An air fryer is a device that uses hot air to fry foods.  Air fryers can fry foods with little to no oil.  This results in healthier versions of your favorite fried foods. HWS Featured Video  10 Things You Should Never Buy at the Dollar Store

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What Can You Cook with an Air Fryer?

You can cook almost anything in an air fryer.  From the list of healthy air fryer recipes below, you’ll see that you can cook complete breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals using just an air fryer.  There are even air fryer recipes for cakes!

Does Air Frying Destroy Nutrients

Cooking foods using any cooking method can cause it to lose up to 40% of its nutrients. Due to its cooking methods, air fryers allow you to keep more key nutrients than many other cooking methods. Air Fryer’s cook food by circulating hot air. Air frying your food allows you to cook food quickly and healthy.

Is Buying an Air Fryer Worth It?

Buying an air fryer is worth it for many different reasons.  What you have to determine is if these reasons are important to you.  An air fryer can allow you to cook foods that taste like they are fried using the traditional method.  You get the taste of fried foods in a healthier version that is cooked with little to no oil.

Air fryers also allow you to cook foods faster.  If you are short for time and looking for ways to cook fast healthy meals, and air fryer will be worth the buy. Mediavine

Finally, air fryers also allow you to cook many other non-fried types of dishes.  This includes things like cakes and pizza. If you have a small cooking space, an air fryer can serve as a method of cooking multiple types of foods using one kitchen gadget.

Air Fryer Advantages and Disadvantages

There are multiple advantages to adding an air fryer to your kitchen gadgets.  Air fryers allow you to save time by cooking foods faster.  They also allow for faster kitchen clean up time.  Most importantly, air fryers allow you to make healthy dishes that taste good.

There are a few disadvantages to cooking with an air fryer that is worth pointing out.

Overcooking meats in an air fryer can cause them to get a layer of blackened crust.  This layer of crust is called acrylamide, a fairly common compound that can potentially cause cancer.  When cooking in your air fryer you should remove this layer of the blackened crust before eating your meats.

Air fryers also present you with a higher risk of burning or drying out your food.  These magic gadgets cook food rapidly at high temperatures.  It is important that you watch your food and cook for the proper duration.

How to Use an Air Fryer

Here is a great video that demonstrates how to use an air fryer and the many dishes you can make.

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Healthy Air Fryer Recipes – Breakfast

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Air fryer bacon – Recipes that Crock

Homemade Sausage Rolls In The Airfryer – Recipe This Mediavine

Air fryer French toast sticks – 5 Minutes for Mom

Air Fried Vegan Beignets – Healthy Slow Cooking

Breakfast puffed egg tarts – The Flying Couponer

Ham and egg toast cups – The New Chew

Vegan Bacon-Wrapped Mini Breakfast Burritos – Spabettie

Monte Cristo Sandwich – Blue Jean Chef

Air fryer heavenly french toast – Fork to Spoon

Air Baked Eggs – Senses

Air fryer greasy spoon home fried potatoes – This Old Gal

Air Fryer Tofu Scramble – Glue and Glitter

Air fryer frittata – Awe Filled Homemaker

Air fryer breakfast sausage and cheese wraps – Dana Vento

Air Fryer Eggs in a Hole – Go Wise USA

Easy Air Fryer Omelette – Bitz & Giggles

Air Fryer Perfect Cinnamon Toast – This Old Gal

Blueberry Lemon Muffin Air Fryer – Wine Lady Cooks

Cinnamon Rolls – Blue Jean Chef

Healthy Air Fryer Recipes – Veggies

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Crispy roasted broccoli – Saffron Trail

Crispy air-fried brussels sprouts – Glue and Glitter

Roasted chickpeas – Care 2

Air fryer fried green tomatoes – Spicy Southern Kitchen

Air-Fried asparagus – Moma Shire

Air fried carrots, two ways – Bewitching Kitchen

Crispy oven-fried garlic mushrooms – Recipes Diaries

Lemony green beans – The Real Kitchen and Beyond

Healthy Air Fryer Recipes – Chicken

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Crispy low-fat air fryer chicken – The Midnight Baker

Air fryer Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich – This Old Gal

Air fryer garlic parmesan chicken tenders – Kitchen Dreaming

Air fried buffalo chicken strips – Beauty and the Bench Press

Air fryer crispy honey garlic chicken wings – This Old Gal

Air fryer chicken fajita rollups – Awe Filled Homemaker

Air fryer buffalo style skinny chicken wings – Just Plum Crazy

Air fryer whole roasted chicken – Funny is Family

Air fryer chimichangas – Recipe Diaries

Healthy Air Fryer Recipes – Pork

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Pork-Chop air fryer recipe (Bone-in or Boneless) – Saving You Dinero

Air fryer steak with garlic butter – The Forking Life

Pork tenderloin with bell pepper – The Philips Chef

Air fryer Chinese salt and pepper pork chops – This Old Gal

Healthy Air Fryer Recipes – Beef

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Air fryer steak with garlic butter – The Forking Life

Air fried meatloaf – Toast to Roast

Beef & vegetable recipe – Cooking with Doug

Air fryer Mongolian beef – Mommy Hates Cooking

Air fried burgers – Hot Air Frying

Healthy Air Fryer Recipes – Seafood

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Air fryer cajun shrimp – Spatula On Fire

Zesty Ranch Air Fryer Fish Fillets – The Kitchen Magpie

Air fryer bang bang panko-breaded fried shrimp – Stay Snatched

Air fried crab cakes – Color Your Recipies

Perfect air fryer salmon – Noble Pig

Air fryer parmesan shrimp – Bitz & Giggles

Thai fish cakes with mango salsa – The Philips Chef

Coconut shrimp – Power Air Fryer

Healthy Air Fryer Recipes – Appetizers & Sides

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Air fryer pizza bagels – Mommy Hates Cooking

Air fryer sweet potato chips – Awe Filled Homemaker

Air fryer bacon and cream cheese stuffed jalapeno poppers – Stay Snatched

Air fryer french fries – A Pinch of Healthy

Air fryer dill pickles – Just a Pinch Recipies

Weight Watchers air fryer cajun zucchini chips – Life is Sweeter by Design

Flourless crunchy onion rings – Recipe This

Weight Watchers air fryer buffalo cauliflower – FOODSERVICE

Air fryer crispy crab rangoon – Stay Snatched

Cauliflower tater tots – Blue Jean Chef

Air fried Hasselback potatoes – Key Ingredient

Air fryer mac and cheese balls – A Sparkle of Genius Mediavine

Air fryer baked garlic parsley potatoes – Courtney’s Sweets

Air fryer perfect biscuits – Fork to Spoon

Healthy Air Fryer Recipes – Desserts

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Five-minute air fryer donuts – Hip 2 Save

Air fryer apple dumplings – Key Ingredient

Air fryer apple hand pies – Recipe Diaries Mediavine

Air fryer churros – Recipes for Our Daily Bread

Chocolate chip zucchini bread – Recipe This

Chocolate cake in an air fryer – Allrecipes

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Tools & Ingredients

Ingredients

For the dough

2 cups of All Purpose / Bread Flour

5 - 6 tablespoons of sugar

1/2 a teaspoon of fine salt

1 to 2 teaspoon of instant yeast -> Around half to a full sachet

Due to the amount of sugar, this dough takes a while to rise. If you have time, use a teaspoon and let it rise overnight on the counter. If in a hurry use 2 teaspoons then let it rise for 1 to 2 hours. You can use active dry yeast too if that is what you have on hand, just warm the full amount of coconut milk/milk or water, then add the yeast in it and let it bloom for 5 - 10 mins till foamy. You may need to add a bit more flour to compensate the extra liquid or cut back on a bit of the thick coconut milk.

1/2 to 1 teaspoon of cardamom seeds or ground cardamom

Fresh cardamom is more potent so use less of it as compared to ground cardamom, unless you like an intense cardamom flavour. You can choose to grind the cardamom seeds or leave them as they are once removed from their pods.

 1/2 cup of full-fat coconut cream

You can use yoghurt, milk or sour cream instead then add 2 tablespoons of coconut milk powder to the dry ingredients. If using yoghurt or milk you can also add 1 - 2 tablespoons of coconut oil/butter/ghee or any other oil you like. Since full-fat coconut cream has plenty of fat, no need to add extra fat or oil. --- You can also use canned coconut milk, just open it upside down, drain the thin coconut milk/water (save it for later) and use the thick milk here. 

2 - 4 tablespoons of thin coconut milk/milk/water

For Deep Frying

1 - 2 litres of high heat cooking oil or enough to fill your pan/pot halfway (around 2 inches from the bottom).

Vegetable or peanut oil works well. If you are daring you can also use a mixture of coconut oil and ghee.

Tools

Deep heavy bottom pan/pot.

It should be around 3 - 4 inches (7.5 - 10cm); 2 inches of oil should reach no more than halfway.

Skimmer or slotted spoon

Deep Fry thermometer (optional) -> This is optional but very helpful 

Wire rack or paper towels

Procedure

In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, salt, yeast and cardamom then mix till all the ingredients are well dispersed.

Add the sugar to the coconut cream and mix until the sugar is partially dissolved. Add the coconut cream and sugar mixture to the dry ingredients then mix until you get a shaggy dough. Dump on your counter and knead adding the thin coconut milk/milk or water until you get a smooth dough. The dough should still be slightly pliable but firm. It should not be sticky. If it is sticky add a little flour and knead some more. Because of the amount of sugar, it takes longer to develop gluten on this dough so ensure you knead the dough well, I mean around 15 minutes by hand, 8 - 10 by machine. A well-kneaded dough won’t absorb a lot of oil while frying. To check if the dough is well kneaded, gently poke it with your finger, it should spring back and you should easily form a very smooth ball.

If you make yeasted doughs often, the dough might feel firmer than you are used to. Don’t worry the final product won’t be tough at all. If using active dry yeast, warm the whole amount of coconut milk/milk or water then add the yeast to bloom until foamy. Once bloomed, add the mixture to the dry ingredients first then add around 3/4 of the coconut cream adding more as needed. If using oil or fat, add it after the dough has formed then knead till smooth. You can also use a stand mixer, start on low until all the ingredients are incorporated then knead for around 8 - 10 minutes on medium speed till the dough is smooth and cleans the side of the bowl. 

Once the dough is smooth, form it into a ball, oil it then place it in a mixing bowl to rise. Tightly cover the bowl with either cling film or a tight fitting lid, keeping the dough air tight so it does not dry out. Let the dough rise at room temp for 2 - 4 hrs until risen. It will not completely double in size, but it should have risen quite a bit. 

Once rise, gently deflate the dough then portion it into 2 - 3 pieces if you want triangle mahamri or 6 - 8 pieces if you want the circle mahamri then form the dough pieces into balls.

Roll out each piece of dough into a circle of around 1/4 inch thick (around 2/3 a centimetre) to 1/2 inch thick (around 1 1/4 a centimetre); depending on how “meaty” you like your mahamri. If making triangle mahamri, cut the dough into quarters. Do not roll the dough too thin or it either won't puff up well or will dry out and turn out hard.

Place on a floured surface then let the mahamri proof, covered for another 1/2 an hour to 1 hour. The mahamri should look soft and the cut edges will look sort of rounded.

Fill your heavy bottom pan around halfway with a high heat cooking oil, then place on medium heat. If using a thermometer place it in the oil too.

Let the oil heat to around 175ºC (350ºF). To test if it is ready, dip a clean dry wooden utensil into the oil. If bubbles immediately form around the utensil your oil is ready.

Gently place the mahamri into the hot oil, being careful not to overcrowd them so the temperature of your oil remains steady.

The mahamri should puff almost immediately. If not, spoon some hot oil over the ones that don't puff until they do. Once they puff flip them so they do not crack. Cook the for around a minute or two occasionally flipping them until they are nicely browned on both sides.

Using a skimmer remove the mahamri and drain on a wire rack or paper towels.

Let them cool for a few minutes then serve.

Notes

-Ensure you knead the dough well to form enough gluten, the gluten will act as a barrier so that the mahamri do not absorb a lot of oil while frying. 

-If you want to reduce the time, you can warm the coconut milk slightly before adding to the dough.

-Do not overcrowd the pan as you cook, this will lower the temperature of the oil taking much more time to cook the mahamri, this will result in tough soggy mahamri.