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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Put the water and sugar in a ot and bring to boil on low heat. Stir frequently until the sugar is completely dissolved. Boil for 7 minutes. | 2. Remove the pot from the stove and stir in the lemon juice and vanilla essence. Put the pot into the fridge. | 3. Mix the flour, salt, and baking powder thoroughly in a mixing bowl. Break the butter or margarine into small pieces and add to the four mixture. Add the milk. Mix well until a dough is formed. | 4. Roll the dough out to a thickness of 5 mm (+ or - 1/4 in.). Cut the dough into thin (+ or - 10 mm or 1/2 in.) strips. Take 3 strips and join their ends on one side. Braid the strips to desired koeksister length and join other ends. | 5. Heat the oil in a pot until fairly hot. Put about 3 koeksisters (or what can fit)at a time in the oil and fry them on both sides until they get a golden-brown color. As you remove the koeksisters for the oil, place them directly ito the syrup from the fridge. It is important to keep the syrup cool, so between soakings, return the syrup to the fridge to maintain its coolness. | 6. Remove the koeksisters from the syrup and allow the excess syrup to drip off. Place them in the refrigerator to cool and then eat! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
water	250			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
white sugar	625			483750.0	124975.0	0.0	0.0
lemon juice	12 1/2			41.9375	13.1531	0.6672	0.4575
vanilla essence	5			-	-	-	-
cake flour	375			185977.5	40087.9125	4212.75	441.825
baking powder	22			53.636	28.0324	0.0	0.0
salt	1			-	-	-	-
butter	20			1710.0	78.57	53.43	144.0
milk	150	cup	added vanilla-flavored added	82800.0	1994.4	824.4	8582.4
canola oil	750			92820.0	0.0	0.0	10500.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.