Step 6: Roll the dough out until fairly thin. Step 7: Form the koeksisters and cover with a damp cloth while frying. Step 8: Fry in deep oil until golden brown.9. After frying, immediately dip in the ...

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 ...

Secure ends by brushing with a little egg yolk. Heat cooking oil to 190C and deep-fry koeksisters for 1 minute or until golden brown. Remove from oil with a slotted spoon and dip immediately into ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...