Traditional South African Koeksisters
Traditional South African Koeksisters

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, traditional south african koeksisters. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

#baking #koeksisters #traditional #SouthAfrica These koeksisters are sooo good, the perfect snack for any time of the day! If you also want to make these, I. These much-loved South African traditional sticky spicy treats are so yummy!

Traditional South African Koeksisters is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Traditional South African Koeksisters is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have traditional south african koeksisters using 14 ingredients and 22 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Traditional South African Koeksisters:
  1. Make ready Dough
  2. Take 2 cup Cake flour
  3. Take 2 tbsp Baking powder
  4. Prepare 1/2 tsp Salt
  5. Get 1 large egg
  6. Take 4 tbsp Butter/margarine
  7. Take 1/2 cup Water
  8. Make ready 1 Oil for frying
  9. Take Syrup
  10. Prepare 4 1/2 cup Sugar
  11. Prepare 1 1/2 stick Cinnamon/ ½tsp ground cinnamon
  12. Get 1/2 tsp Ground ginger
  13. Take 1 1/2 cup Water
  14. Take 1/4 cup Lemon juice

They remind me of a donut, but maybe messier. ;) I got this recipe from my South African friend, Sheralee. As you remove the koeksisters for the oil, place them directly ito the syrup from the fridge. It is important to keep the syrup cool, so between soakings. South African style:-) #The Cape Town way.

Instructions to make Traditional South African Koeksisters:
  1. SYRUP - METHOD
  2. Prepare syrup day before. It needs to be very cold
  3. In a large pot, dissolve sugar in the water
  4. Add spices and lemon juice and bring to the boil
  5. Take off stove and leave to cool
  6. Place in fridge overnight
  7. DOUGH - METHOD
  8. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together
  9. Rub in butter amd mix til pliable
  10. Add egg and mix
  11. Add water a little at a time
  12. Work dough well until no lumps. If sticky sprinkle a little flour and knead until dough will ball up
  13. Let dough rest at room temp for approx 3 hours under inverted mixing bowl
  14. TO PREPARE KOEKSISTERS
  15. Roll out dough. Thickness 5mm
  16. Cut into strips 6cm long.2cm wide
  17. Plait strips and pinch hard at ends
  18. Deep fry until golden brown
  19. Remove and drain quickly
  20. Dip in cold syrup
  21. The secret is to keep the syrup cold and the koeksisters hot. This way it will draw in just the right amount of syrup
  22. You can keep the syrup cold by keeping it in another container filled with ice water

Cape Malay Koeksisters, boiled in syrup and rolled in coconut, deliciously spicy. Koeksisters - very addictive cake-like bite-sized doughnuts with a spicy cinnamon sugar , a much less traditional compared to the braided koeksisters. This recipe for Koeksisters (cake sisters), or South African donuts, calls for soaking the cakes in a lemony ginger syrup. This is an Afrikaner recipe for Koeksisters (cake sister) or South African donuts. These are loosely based on a similar Dutch pastry.

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