Koeksisters
Preparation Time: 20 minutes, plus 1 hour for cooling the syrup
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Serves: 16
Wow! This South African favourite is now as easy as Easymix! Truly delicious and loved by everyone, you simply must try this incredible recipe.
Ingredients
310ml Plain Yoghurt (for best results, do not use double cream)
1 pot Cooking Oil for frying
For the Syrup
1500ml Sugar
1250ml Water
15ml Cream of Tartar
15ml Lemon Juice
1 pinch Ginger Powder
Method
- Add all the syrup ingredients together in a pot
- Heat until all the sugar is dissolved and boil for 5 minutes
- Cool in freezer for 1 hour
- Mix Sweet Mix and yoghurt together in a mixing bowl until a firm dough ball is formed
- Rest dough in fridge for 10 minutes
- Roll out on a floured surface into 1-2 mm thick rectangular shape
- Cut into 7x3 cm rectangular shapes, cut 3 legs leaving the top uncut and plait koeksisters
- Heat enough oil in a pot for deep frying, and fry koeksisters until cooked and golden brown
- Dip quickly into ice cold syrup until syrup is absorbed
