Cape Malay Doughnuts Or 'Kooksistas' Recipe
- 3 c. plain flour
- 10 gm ginger
- 250 ml cool lowfat milk
- 1 c. self raising flour
- 10 gm aniseed
- 100 gm sugar
- 5 gm cinnamon
- 2 gm salt
- 5 gm cardomon
- 1 x egg
- 10 gm dry mandarin peel
- 250 ml warm water
- 125 ml sunflower oil
- 20 gm dry yeast
- 10 gm sugar
- 750 ml sunflower oil
- 2 c. sugar syrup, (equal quantity of sugar and water)
- 200 gm dessicated coconut
- Sift flours, sugar and salt.
- Stir in spices and peel.
- Rub in 125ml oil to create a crumbly mix.
- Mix lowfat milk and water and dissolve yeast and sugar in half the lowfat milk mix.
- Mix egg and remaining lowfat milk mix and mix into a soft dough.
- Moisten hands with oil and rub over dough, and set aside for 2 hrs.
- Roll out on an oiled surface and, cut off 2cm length and set aside for 20 min.
- Heat oil in saucepan and fry kooksistas for 5 mins till golden brown on both sides.
- Drain on kitchen paper.
- Boil sugar and syrup, throw in kooksistas a few at a time, then toss them into coconut.
- Ready to eat!
- Make 50!
- (A family will have no trouble getting through this many!)
- Recipe from Lesme Daniels.
- Lesme grew up around Cape Town in South Africa , a place which developed its own unique cuisine from a blend of Indonesian, Malaysian, Indian and Dutch cuisine.
- Kooksistas are economical and a real treat for the whole family.
flour, ginger, milk, flour, aniseed, sugar, cinnamon, salt, cardomon, egg, peel, water, sunflower oil, yeast, sugar, sunflower oil, sugar syrup, coconut
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/cape-malay-doughnuts-or-kooksistas-99189 (may not work)