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Koesisters with Coconut

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Koesisters are a South African Cape Malay doughnut soaked in syrup and sprinkled with coconut.

Yield About 40 fritters

Ingredients

  • 6 cups (700 g) cake flour
  • 1 tablespoon castor sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoon ground ginger
  • 2 teaspoon ground aniseed
  • 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 10 g instant yeast
  • 1 tablespoon dried and ground tangerine peel (optional; can use orange zest instead)
  • 250 ml lukewarm milk
  • 100 g butter or margarine
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • About 2 cups lukewarm water
  • Oil for deep frying
  • 5 pieces cinnamon stick
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cup desiccated coconut

Instructions

  1. 1
    Sift the dry ingredients together into a bowl, and make a well in the centre.
  2. 2
    Warm milk and butter until lukewarm and then add the beaten egg. Pour mixture into dry ingredients along with enough lukewarm water, and mix to form a soft dough.
  3. 3
    Cover and leave the dough to rise in warm place until doubled in size.
  4. 4
    Take small amounts of dough and form into oval-shaped balls.
  5. 5
    Deep fry dough in oil on medium heat (180 °C) until evenly browned. Remove onto paper towels to cool (around 30 minutes).
  6. 6
    Heat the sugar, cinnamon sticks, and water on a low heat, stirring continuously until a thick syrup forms.
  7. 7
    Once the koesisters are cool, soak in bubbling syrup for 1 minute.
  8. 8
    Take them out of the syrup and sprinkle with coconut.
Category
Desserts
Method
Frying
Cuisine
African

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Koesisters_with_Coconut