alisonb
Well-known member
This is a traditional SA recipe that is really good, I thought some of you may like experimenting.
Basically it is a yeast dough (not baking powder) that is cut into portions and then deep fried. It is delicious with sweet or savory fillings - honey, fig/apricot jam or curried mince meat (ground beef). I must say I just buy the ready dough from the supermarket and then fry it.
Ingredients
6¾ cups Flour (all-purpose flour)
2 teaspoons Salt
2 tablespoons Sugar
1 packet Yeast
Lukewarm water
Cooking oil (for frying)
How To Make The Dough
• Mix sugar and yeast with some lukewarm water and leave to foam.
• Sift flour and salt.
• Pour yeast in flour and knead.
• Keep adding water and knead until you have a consistency like a bread dough.
• Leave the dough in the bowl and cover the bowl with a cloth. Leave the dough to rise for about 45 - 60 minutes until it is about double its original size.
How To Make The Vetkoek
• Pour the cooking oil into a frying pan to have about 1-1½ inches of oil in the pan. Heat the oil to about 375°F.
• Divide the dough into balls about the size of a tennis ball.
• Flatten the dough until it is about 1 inch thick and about the size of your palm.
• Place two or three pieces of the flattened dough at a time into the oil. Fry each side until golden brown.
WARNING- If you are watching your weight you should not try this recipe
Basically it is a yeast dough (not baking powder) that is cut into portions and then deep fried. It is delicious with sweet or savory fillings - honey, fig/apricot jam or curried mince meat (ground beef). I must say I just buy the ready dough from the supermarket and then fry it.
Ingredients
6¾ cups Flour (all-purpose flour)
2 teaspoons Salt
2 tablespoons Sugar
1 packet Yeast
Lukewarm water
Cooking oil (for frying)
How To Make The Dough
• Mix sugar and yeast with some lukewarm water and leave to foam.
• Sift flour and salt.
• Pour yeast in flour and knead.
• Keep adding water and knead until you have a consistency like a bread dough.
• Leave the dough in the bowl and cover the bowl with a cloth. Leave the dough to rise for about 45 - 60 minutes until it is about double its original size.
How To Make The Vetkoek
• Pour the cooking oil into a frying pan to have about 1-1½ inches of oil in the pan. Heat the oil to about 375°F.
• Divide the dough into balls about the size of a tennis ball.
• Flatten the dough until it is about 1 inch thick and about the size of your palm.
• Place two or three pieces of the flattened dough at a time into the oil. Fry each side until golden brown.
WARNING- If you are watching your weight you should not try this recipe