About this dish
Braided, deep-fried dough soaked in a cold sugar syrup, sticky and sweet.
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Ingredients
🌾3 cups flour
🫙2 tsp baking powder
🧈2 tbsp butter
🍬2 cups sugar, for syrup
🛢️Oil, for frying
Method
Serves 41
Mix flour, baking powder, and butter with water into a firm dough; rest for 30 minutes.2
Roll out and cut into strips, then braid three strips together into small plaits.3
Make a sugar syrup and chill it thoroughly.4
Deep-fry the braided dough until golden brown.5
Immediately dunk the hot fried dough into the cold syrup, then drain.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Koeksisters are a traditional South African treat, with Cape Malay and Afrikaner versions differing slightly, both valued for their syrupy sweetness.
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