Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, cape malay koesister (doughnut). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Koesisters are pillowy spicy doughnuts from the Cape Malay community whereas Koeksisters are plaited vanilla flavored doughnuts drowned in cold sugar syrup that are a speciality of white South Africans of Dutch colonial descent. In the Western Cape, it's a tradition among Cape Malay families to serve these pillowy, spice syrup-infused, coconut-dusted doughnuts on Sundays, accompanied by milky tea and chatter. This recipe uses mashed potato, which many believe is the secret to a soft, bouncy koesister.
Cape Malay koesister (doughnut) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Cape Malay koesister (doughnut) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have cape malay koesister (doughnut) using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Cape Malay koesister (doughnut):
- Make ready 4 medium sized potatoes, peeled and cubes
- Prepare 4 cups cake flour sifted
- Prepare 5 ml salt
- Take 5 ml ground nutmeg
- Get 15 ml ground cinnamon
- Get 15 ml whole aniseed
- Make ready 60 ml caster sugar
- Take 1 (7 g) packet of instant yeast
- Make ready 30 ml butter, melted
- Get 250 ml warm milk
- Take 60 ml canola oil
- Prepare 2 free-range eggs, beaten
- Get 1 small cup of desiccated coconut
- Make ready Oil for deep frying
- Make ready 1 cup sugar
- Take 1 cup water
- Prepare 4 cardamom pods, crushed
- Take 1 stick cinnamon
The Cape Malay version is more like a doughnut, spiced with ginger, naartjie peel, cinnamon and aniseed. A koe'sister or koesister is a traditional Cape Malay pastry often described as a spicy dumpling with a cake-like texture, finished off with a sprinkling of coconut. The inaugural World Koesister Day was celebrated on Sunday. Cape Malay Chicken Curry with Caramelised BananasAll For Recipes.
Steps to make Cape Malay koesister (doughnut):
- Boil potatoes in a pot of water, and mash whilst still hot, add a little of the water used to boil the potatoes in, to smooth out the mixture.
- Sift the flour with the salt, spices and sugar in a bowl. Sprinkle over the yeast and whisk through.
- Melt the butter, then warm the milk and add to the butter, add the oil and eggs. Mix well then add to the mashed potatoes.
- Make a well in the centre of the flour and add warm milk mixture. Mix into a soft dough. Place into a clean lightly oil surface and knead for 15 minutes, or alternatively in a mixer for 10 minutes. Mix until an elastic, smooth dough is achieved.
- Place in a lightly oiled bowl, lightly oil the top of the dough in the bowl and cover with cling wrap, leave in a warm area to prove until double in size.
- Again, on a lightly oiled surface, roll out the dough into two logs, cut into equal size portions and shape like a koesister. Leave for 10-15 minutes, to further prove.
- Heat the oil, until hot. Lift the koesister gently, further shape if needed. Fry until golden brown on both sides.
- Drain on kitchen towel/absorbing paper. Once cooled, make the sugar syrup by adding the 1 cup of sugar to 1 cup of water to 4 cardamom pods and 1 stick of cinnamon, bring to a simmer and cook until thick and syrupy.
- Once the koesister have cooled down, dip them into the sugar syrup on a low heat and then sprinkle with the desiccated coconut. Enjoy with a cup of rooibos tea!
A koe'sister or koesister is a traditional Cape Malay pastry often described as a spicy dumpling with a cake-like texture, finished off with a sprinkling of coconut. Bananas fruit all year round, making them a reliable all-season staple food. A doughnut or donut is a type of fried dough confection or dessert food. Cape Malay Koeksisters (also pronounced Koesisters) are sticky, syrupy sweet treats. A South-African delicacy not to be missed.
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