Traditional South African Koeksisters
Traditional South African Koeksisters

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, traditional south african koeksisters. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Traditional South African Koeksisters is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Traditional South African Koeksisters is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Traditional South African Koeksisters:
  1. Make ready Dough
  2. Make ready 2 cup Cake flour
  3. Take 2 tbsp Baking powder
  4. Make ready 1/2 tsp Salt
  5. Make ready 1 large egg
  6. Prepare 4 tbsp Butter/margarine
  7. Get 1/2 cup Water
  8. Get 1 Oil for frying
  9. Prepare 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. Prepare 1 1/2 cup Water
  14. Prepare 1/4 cup Lemon juice
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

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