We’re always up for trying different types of doughnuts, and the latest to catch our eye are the South African koeksisters (pronounced cook-sisters). They come in two versions. The ones you’ll ...

1 Mash the potato koeksisters potato and butter. Add the spices, salt, naartjie peel, water, sugar and egg.Mix well. Add flour, baking powder and yeast. Mix well. 2 Add oil a little at a time,mix well ...

Leave the syrup cool in the fridge overnight. To prepare the koeksisters • Roll out the dough (thickness 5mm). • Cut the dough into strips of 6cm long, 2cm wide. • Cut each of these strips ...

After many failed attempts at dough-rolling, I made decent-looking, braided and ribboned koeksisters. I ended up with koeksisters that were soft, slightly crispy, sweet, and fragrant. I’m a ...

Koeksisters are so deservedly beloved in South Africa that there is even a Koeksister Monument in Orania, in the Northern Cape province. Take yourself to sugar heaven with these deep-fried plaited ...

For this reason, we asked students from the Johannesburg Culinary and Pastry School to join us for a blind tasting of koeksisters from leading supermarkets. All products for the tasting were ...

Keep an air fryer handy. Grease the basket or wire rack withnonstick spray. Also grease a large serving tray with nonstick spray. 1. Syrup Put all the ingredients in a pot. Heat over mediumheat, ...

"Baking koeksisters is very traditional to the Afrikaner, but in modern life when things move so quickly they don't have the time to make them," she said. "It's important that this tradition ...

Being a vegetarian I never imagined that I would find myself (happily) plating 12 dishes of a braised sheep’s head and fried chicken feet. But these are the kinds of delicacies you end up serving if ...

Kwaai muti koeksisters make for lekker emojis 30 October 2016 - 02:00 By SUTHENTIRA GOVENDER Best friends Julius Sikhuza and Rudi Erasmus are changing the way South Africans communicate online.