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kardiogramm t1_j5zyzib wrote

Oh man these are so good and crispy but my god the sugar is lethal.

South African’s have a stodgier version called a koeksister.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koeksister

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brokenshells t1_j60axge wrote

Is the koeksister longer or at least girthier?

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kardiogramm t1_j60dm3v wrote

It’s a fatter braided fried pastry. Jalebi is made from a liquid mix squirted in hot oil while a koeksister has a more normal bread dough and fried like a donut from what I remember. When fried and soaked in syrup it can have a crispy outer texture and soaked with syrup throughout (the good ones I have eaten had this). It’s different in texture but similar qualities in flavour, it’s that or the memory of the sugar rush is clouding my judgement.

It wouldn’t surprise me if this was an offshoot inspired by Jalebi given South Africa’s multicultural heritage.

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cheezemeister_x t1_j612dtm wrote

So jalebi is like an Indian funnel cake?

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kardiogramm t1_j61n2z7 wrote

Yeah looks like it except a sugar syrup soak instead of powdered sugar from what I have seen, not sure how different the batter ingredients are though.

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