{"id":20731,"date":"2023-04-04T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T23:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resepmamiku.com\/en\/?p=20731"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:32:39","slug":"traditional-south-african-koeksisters-ataleofsauceandspice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resepmamiku.com\/en\/traditional-south-african-koeksisters-ataleofsauceandspice","title":{"rendered":"Traditional South African Koeksisters"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ingredients For The Syrup<\/h2>\n<p>2 cups sugar<br \/>\n11\u20444 cup water<br \/>\nSmall piece cinnamon stick<br \/>\n1\u20444 tsp ginger powder<br \/>\n1\u20444 tsp cream of tartar<br \/>\n1 Tblsp fresh lemon juice<\/p>\n<h2>Steps<\/h2>\n<p>Add everything in a pot. Stir and let it come to a boil on medium heat. Reduce the heat and let it simmer on low for 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Let it come to room temperature. Then keep the syrup in the freezer while you prepare your dough.<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients For The Dough<\/h2>\n<p>2 cups flour<br \/>\n1\u20444 teaspoon salt<br \/>\n2 teaspoons baking powder<br \/>\n1\u20442 tablespoon sugar<br \/>\n2 Tablespoons Butter @kerrygoldsouthafrica<br \/>\n1 egg<br \/>\n1\u20443 cup milk<br \/>\n1\u20444 cup water (use more if needed)<br \/>\nOil for frying.<\/p>\n<h2>Method<\/h2>\n<p>In a bowl combine the dry ingredients. Rub in the butter till you have fine crumbly texture.<br \/>\nWhisk together the egg, milk and water well. Then bind the dough using the egg, waterand milk mixture. Knead it to a soft and smooth dough. Cover and let it rest for 15 minutes.<br \/>\nRoll the dough to desired thickness. (Thick rolled dough will result in softer koeksisters. And a thinner dough will result in crispy koeksisters) keep a moderate thickness to get a crispy koeksisters yhat are soft in the center and crispy on the outside.<br \/>\nCut in to long strips about 8-10cm long. Take two strips of dough and twist it together be gently. Don&#8217;t twist it too tight. Secure the ends. Repeat with remaining dough. Fry in medium hot oil till golden.<br \/>\nAs they are frying remove the cold sugar syrup from the freezer and dip warm koeksisters in to chilled syrup. Return the syrup to the freezer inbetween to keep it chilled. Enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients For The Syrup 2 cups sugar 11\u20444 cup water Small piece cinnamon stick 1\u20444 tsp ginger powder 1\u20444 tsp cream of tartar 1 Tblsp fresh lemon juice Steps Add everything in a pot. Stir and let it come to a boil on medium heat. Reduce the heat and let it simmer on low for<span class=\"more-link\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snacks-sweets"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resepmamiku.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resepmamiku.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resepmamiku.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resepmamiku.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resepmamiku.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/resepmamiku.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20741,"href":"https:\/\/resepmamiku.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20731\/revisions\/20741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resepmamiku.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resepmamiku.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resepmamiku.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resepmamiku.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}