Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, traditional south african koeksisters. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Traditional South African Koeksisters is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Traditional South African Koeksisters is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook traditional south african koeksisters using 14 ingredients and 22 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Traditional South African Koeksisters:
- Make ready Dough
- Get 2 cup Cake flour
- Take 2 tbsp Baking powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp Salt
- Prepare 1 large egg
- Prepare 4 tbsp Butter/margarine
- Get 1/2 cup Water
- Prepare 1 Oil for frying
- Get Syrup
- Make ready 4 1/2 cup Sugar
- Prepare 1 1/2 stick Cinnamon/ ½tsp ground cinnamon
- Take 1/2 tsp Ground ginger
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup Water
- Prepare 1/4 cup Lemon juice
Steps to make Traditional South African Koeksisters:
- SYRUP - METHOD
- Prepare syrup day before. It needs to be very cold
- In a large pot, dissolve sugar in the water
- Add spices and lemon juice and bring to the boil
- Take off stove and leave to cool
- Place in fridge overnight
- DOUGH - METHOD
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt together
- Rub in butter amd mix til pliable
- Add egg and mix
- Add water a little at a time
- Work dough well until no lumps. If sticky sprinkle a little flour and knead until dough will ball up
- Let dough rest at room temp for approx 3 hours under inverted mixing bowl
- TO PREPARE KOEKSISTERS
- Roll out dough. Thickness 5mm
- Cut into strips 6cm long.2cm wide
- Plait strips and pinch hard at ends
- Deep fry until golden brown
- Remove and drain quickly
- Dip in cold syrup
- The secret is to keep the syrup cold and the koeksisters hot. This way it will draw in just the right amount of syrup
- You can keep the syrup cold by keeping it in another container filled with ice water
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