Instructions: Sift flours, sugar and salt. Stir in spices and peel. Rub in 125ml oil to form a crumbly mixture. Mix milk and water and dissolve yeast and sugar in half the milk mixture. Mix egg and remaining milk mixture and mix into a soft dough.

Moisten hands with oil and rub over dough, and set aside for 2 hours. Roll out on an oiled surface and, cut off 2cm length and set aside for 20 minutes. Heat oil in saucepan and fry kooksistas for 5 mins until golden on both sides.

Drain on kitchen paper. Boil sugar and syrup, throw in kooksistas a few at a time, then toss them into coconut. Ready to eat! Make 50! (A family will have no trouble getting through this many!)

Recipe from Lesme Daniels. Lesme grew up around Cape Town in South Africa , a place that developed its own unique cuisine from a blend of Indonesian, Malaysian, Indian and Dutch cuisine. Kooksistas are economical and a real treat for the whole family.

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