Vetkoek Recipe

 Vetkoek

This dish is popular in all Afrikaner cooking. Vetkoek refers to fried dough bread whose meaning is “fat cake”. You may equate it to the Dutch oliebollen. Usually, it is accompanied by sweet or sometimes savoury toppings such as minced chutney and curry.

Check out the recipe below for a dish that takes approximately 20 minutes to be ready with 15 minutes as prep and 5 minutes as cooking time:

Ingredients

• 1kg Snowflake Cake Wheat Flour
• 30ml sugar
• 10ml salt
• 10ml instant dry yeast
• 750ml lukewarm water
• 30ml cooking oil

Method

Start by sifting flour together with the salt then add yeast and sugar.

Add some oil and lukewarm water, then mix to create a soft and sticky dough. Adjust the ingredients whenever necessary.

Knead the dough for 5-10 mins on a flat surface, until it's smooth and elastic. Put the dough inside a big but lightly oiled bowl and cover then leave it to rise. Place it somewhere warm for 30 mins or so until it is twice its former size.

On a lightly floured base, continue kneading the flour until it is smooth. Divide it into 20 pieces then roll it out into smooth balls.

Put the balls onto greased baking trays. Cover them and place in a warm area then let them rise for 15 mins or when they are well risen.

Heat some oil in medium but heavy-based saucepan. Drop in the dough balls in the hot oil. Keep turning and fry until they are golden brown and well done. Remove the balls from oil and let them drain on a paper towel. Serve them warm with some butter, jam and cheese.