THE KOEKSISTERS

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF KOEKSISTER IN SOUTH AFRICA: THE PLAITED AFRIKANER VERSION THAT IS FRIED IN HOT OIL, THEN DIPPED INTO ICE- COLD SYRUP; AND THE MALAY VERSION, SIMILAR TO A HOLE- LESS DOUGHNUT, WHICH IS SPICED, COOKED IN SYRUP AND THEN DIPPED IN COCONUT. THE LATTER IS OFTEN PRONOUNCED WITHOUT THE SECOND ‘ K’ ( AS IN ‘ KOESISTER’).