Cooking vetkoek-recipes

for vetkoek go to SHOPRITE, PNP or checkers and buy the ready dough use that for your vetkoek

Vetkoek Ingredients * 2 cups (500 ml) flour * 2 teaspoons (10 ml) baking powder Or you can replace the flour and baking powder with self-raising flour * 1 tablespoon sugar * ½ t (2 ml) salt * 2 eggs * 1 cup (250 ml) milk * Enough oil for deep-frying (about 12 cm deep) Method 1. Sift the flour, baking powder and the salt together 2. Whisk the egg, milk and sugar 3. Make a well in the dry ingredients, add milk and egg mixture and mix to very soft dough. Add more milk if necessary. 4. Heat the oil to between 180 °C and 190°C. 5. Ladle level spoonfuls of batter into the hot oil (12 cm deep) and bake until brown on both sides, before removing from oil. 6. Use towel paper to absorb the excess oil. Done. It is as simple as that!

Thanks Suad, it does look very easy indeed. Will give it a shot.

ladovica93, the recipe suad869 have isn't the traditional vetkoek recipe. That's known as vetbroodtjies

Vetkook must rise like you do a loaf of bread

Okay, who has a vetkoek recipe for me?

Feriel Sonday's Vetkoek

4 cups Cake flour 15 ml salt (level) 50 ml sugar 1 pkt 10 g instant yeast 1 egg 80ml oil 450 ml lukewarm water

mix all dry ingredients together and add liquid to make a soft dough. Knead until soft and smooth. let it rise in bowl for one hour in wondercooker bag. Knock down and cut your vetkoek the size ofyour choice. let it rise again on only surface for 30 minutes. Deep fry until brown. Serve with mince curry with potato cubes Enjoy????

Thank you Ferial Sonday. You're a star ?

Do you maybe have a easy koesiester recipe too?

I'd like to try a different one to the one I have. Thanks in advance.

ladovica93, this is amazingly delish!!!!

My moms Koesister recipe

Cape Malay Cooking with Fatima Sydow

Ingredients

4&1/2 cups of cake flour

1& 1/2 cups of lukewarm water

1 tsp of baking powder

1 sachet of Instant yeast 10grams

1 tablespoon of sugar

3 tbsp of butter( melted)

1 tsp of salt

1 cup of soft mashed potatoes ( mashed with a little milk and butter)

2-3 teaspoons of grinded or finely chopped dried naartjie peel

1&1/2 tablespoons of freshly grated Ginger or fine ginger

1-2 teaspoons of mix spice

2 tablespoons of aniseed

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/2 a teaspoon of freshly grounded cardamon seeds

1 egg

Oil for deep frying

Sugar and stick cinnamon for sugaring

Fine coconut

Method

Mix all ingredients together with warm water ( add water until you get a sticky dough ) dough must be very soft.Knead dough for 10 minutes using a little oil on your hands to stop from sticking, rub some oil over dough, cover with cloth and allow to rise for an hour or when double in size. Roll out into little ball shapes and fry in oil on medium to high heat until brown. Sugar and cover with fine coconut.

Sugar Syrup

Boil 3 cups of sugar with 3 cups of water and a few cinnamon sticks for about 30 minutes on medium heat...then simmer when sugaring the koeksister. You can add two naartjie peels as well.

Tip- Dont omit the mashed potatoes- when making it add a little milk with butter when making the mashed potato.

With this recipe adding 1 egg is optional.

Delicious

Thank you Mish-aa, looks delicious. I'm on a baking spree this weekend.

A question - can I omit the potato?

Yes you can

ladovica93, this is her other recipe KOESISTERS

Cape Malay Cooking with Fatima Sydow

Ingredients for dough

4&1/2 cups of cake flour

1cup of lukewarm water

1/2 cup of lukewarm milk

1 tsp of baking powder

1 sachet of Instant yeast 10grams

2 tablespoon of caster sugar

3 tbsp of butter( melted)

1 tsp of salt

The zest of one naartjie ( optional )

1 tablespoon of fine ginger

1-2 teaspoons of mix spice ( optional )

2 tablespoons of aniseed

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/2 a teaspoon of freshly grounded cardamon seeds

2 eggs or 1 extra large egg

*Oil for deep frying

*Sugar and stick cinnamon for sugaring

*Dessicated coconut

Method

Mix all the dough ingredients together until you get a sticky dough. Dough must be very soft.Knead dough for 10 minutes using a little oil on your hands to stop from sticking, rub some oil over dough, cover with cloth and allow to rise for an hour or when double in size in a warm area of the house. Roll out into little ball/ oblong shapes and deep fry in oil on medium to high heat until brown on both sides. Sugar and sprinkle with dessicated coconut.

Sugar Syrup

Boil 3 cups of sugar with 2 cups of water and a few cinnamon sticks on medium heat for 20 to 25 minutes...then put on simmer when sugaring the koeksister. To sugar the koesisters simply place them in the sugar syrup and allow to soak in the syrup for a minute then remove. You can add two naartjie peels as well.

Tip- If the dough is not a soft sticky consistency you will get less of a rise and koesisters won't have a very light texture.

Delicious

Thank you ?

You're a ?, thanks a lot. Now I'm spoilt for choice.

Any more recipes you want dear? Speak now or forever hold your peace Haha Hahahahaha, happy baking and frying love!!

Don't worry Mish-aa.... you're on speed dial here on Facebook.

WE HAVE THE BEST IN THIS GROUP!!! Alllways ready to HELP. Happy Cooking?

Very true Jenny.