KOEKSISTERS - SOUTH AFRICAN SWEET RECIPE

Koeksisters / Sweets recipes

Koeksisters is a very popular and common sweet or snack in South Africa. They even prepare this sweet for breakfast. Traditional koeksisters is made of Maida dough which is braided, deep-fried and soaked in cold sugar syrup. Sweet treats are everyone's favorite. Neyyvada and Paal cake are my family's all time favorite tea time snack or sweet recipe. This sweet tastes almost the same though the sugar syrup and the dough is slightly different. Most of the fried sweets recipes tastes heavenly good and this sweet is one among the same. A must try sweet recipe for all those sweet lovers. So here is the recipe for koeksisters or African sweet.

Related sweets 
Paal cake recipe
 Neyvadasweet

INGREDIENTS

For the syrup

Sugar - 1.5 cups

Water - 1 cup

Cinnamon stick - a small piece

Ginger slices - few

Lemon juice - 1 tbsp

For the dough

All purpose flour/ maida - 1.5 cups

Cornflour - half a cup

Baking powder - 2 tsp

Sugar - 2 tbsp

Salt - quarter tsp

Butter - 50 g

Egg - 1

Milk - half a cup

PREPARATION

Watch the video Koeksisters recipe

• Prepare the sugar syrup by boiling all those ingredients listed above in a pan for 8 minutes over a medium flame. 
• Strain it to a bowl and refrigerate it until it cools completely.
• Meanwhile prepare the dough. Sieve together maida, baking powder and cornflour to a large bowl.
• Add salt and sugar. Mix well.
• Add the softened butter and combine it well with the flour. To this add egg and combine again.
• Finally add the milk little by little and form a dough.
• The dough must be Kneaded very well .
• Cover it and let the dough rest for about 30 minutes.
• Once done, divide it into medium sized balls and again divide each balls into 3 equal strands.
• Cover the remaining dough.
• Roll out the small strands into long cylindrical shape.
• Place 3 rolls close to each other and tightly pinch to seal the one end.
• Then place the left strand over the middle strand, right strand over the left like so cross it over same like braided bread.
• For more idea, kindly watch the video showing How to make koeksisters
• Heat a pan with oil for deep frying. 
• Once the oil is hot, make the flame to medium and drop the koeksisters to this oil. Fry until both sides turn golden .
• Drain it to a paper towel and then immediately dip it in the cool sugar syrup for about 30 seconds. 
• Transfer it to a plate. Repeat the same. 
• Yummy melt in mouth sweet is ready. 

PURI BHAJI / POORI MASALA - HOW TO MAKE POTATO MASALA

Perfect Poori Masala Recipe / Poori Bhaji

Poori masala or Puri Bhaji is a very popular Indian breakfast recipe which will be everyone's all time favorite. Recently I have shared the recipe for Perfect puri which pairs best with this potato curry or potato masala. You can also serve this yummy potato side dish with dosa , chapati etc. Making morning breakfast is really hard for most of the ladies though we love to have yummy veg side dishes like this. This potato curry is really less mess curry recipe and is very easy to whip up even in those busy days. Do try this easy vegetable curry recipe or easy potato curry and do let me know the feedback in the comment section below.  

INGREDIENTS

Potato - 2 nos, large 

Onion - 1 , big sized

Mustard seeds - -half tsp

Urad dal - 1 tsp

Dried red chilies - 2 nos

Green chilies - 2 nos

Garlic - 3 nos, chopped

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

Curry leaves as required

Coriander leaves as required

Salt as required

Oil as required

PREPARATION

Here is the video showing How to make poori masala

• Peel and cut the potatoes into medium sized pieces and pressure cook it along with salt and 2 cups of water for 2 whistles. 
• Once the pressure completely released, heat a pan and add oil.
• Splutter mustard seed and then add urad dal, green chilies, red chilies, chopped garlic and saute for a while.
• Then add the sliced onion and saute well. 
• Once onion turns soft, add salt and turmeric powder.
• Now add the cooked potato along with its water. Reserve some water for later use .
• Mash it slightly and cook well.
• Add the reserved water little by little and cook over a medium flame until the curry turns thick and done. 
• Once done, garnish with some chopped coriander leaves. 
• Serve hot along with Soft puffy puri.

Also please watch the video of "how to make soft idli with two yummy chutnies" below: