Koesister
Alternative namesKoe'sister
TypePastry
CourseDessert
Place of originSouth Africa
Main ingredientsDough, sugar syrup, desiccated coconut, spices

A koesister or koe'sister[1] is a traditional Cape Malay pastry often described as a spicy dumpling with a cake-like texture, finished off with a sprinkling of coconut.[2]

The inaugural World Koesister Day was celebrated on Sunday, 1 September 2019 at an event hosted at the Radisson RED Hotel V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa, in partnership with Vannie Kaap. World Koesister Day is celebrated on the first Sunday in September.

Cape Malay koe'sisters are prepared from balls of dough including yeast and flavoured with cinnamon, aniseed, ginger, cardamom and dried tangerine skin powder, deep-frying in oil, allowing to cool, then cooking for a minute in boiling syrup and rolling in desiccated coconut.[3]

Traditional Cape Malay Koesisters

The frying of dough strips in this manner is of Malay/Indonesian origin, possibly with Indian influence, originally eaten as an unsweetened breakfast savoury brought to South Africa with Malay slaves,[4] among whom they were known as koe'sisters, apparently suggesting polite gossiping among spinsters.

Cape Malay koe'sisters are different from the Afrikaner version called koeksister, which is a crisp and syrupy twisted or plaited doughnut.[5]

References

  • Coetzee, Renata (2012). Spys en Drank.
  • Gerber, Hilda (1959). Traditional cookery of the Cape Malays.
  1. ↑ "How To Make Traditional Cape Malay Koeksisters". The Cape Grocer. 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  2. ↑ "Cape Malay Koesisters". Gateway Magazine.
  3. ↑ Duckitt, Hildagonda J (1891). "KOESISTERS". Hilda's "where is it?" of recipes. London: Chapman and Hall.
  4. ↑ Green, Lawrence (1949). "Chapter 4 - Country Hospitality". In the Land Of Afternoon. Howard Timmins.
  5. ↑ "Koeksisters". Huisgenoot Wenresepte. Retrieved 13 September 2017.

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