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Traditional Cape Malay sweet treat (variation from the South African “Koeksister”), Cape Malay Amasi Bollas is a must try!
Amasi, maas, or mafi, is a fermented milk product that is similar to cottage cheese or plain yogurt. It is a popular snack in South Africa and Lesotho
Amasi Bollas, a traditional South African Sweet treat dunked in a surgery syrup and covered in coconut.
Amasi Bollas
A South African Indian Dessert dipped in syrup and covered with coconut similar to a drop Donut.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Additional Time: 0 hours
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hours
- Yield: 25 depending on size 1x
- Category: Desserts
- Cuisine: South African
Ingredients
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- 500 ml self-raising flour
- 2.5 ml baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon fine elachi (ground cardamon)
- 2 teaspoon melted butter
- 15ml sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 egg and
- ± 300ml Full cream Maas OR buttermilk
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup water
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
Instructions
Bollas
- Sift the flour, baking powder, and elaichi/cardamon.
- Beat the rest of the ingredients, butter, sugar, vanilla essence, egg, and buttermilk, and mix well with the dry ingredients
- Deep fry in oil until golden brown.
- Take care not to fry it in too hot oil and too fast as bollas will be still raw
in the center. - Dip a teaspoon in hot oil first and then scoop a teaspoon of batter into the oil.
- Fry the bollas to a golden brown
- Put on a paper towel to drain off excess oil.
Syrup
- Syrup the bollas in lemon flavor syrup and sprinkle fine coconut over it.
- Mix the sugar, water, and lemon juice, and allow to simmer on low heat until syrupy.
Variation:
- Add two pieces of stick cinnamon and two cardamom pods while boiling the syrup.
- Add citric acid OR a small piece of butter to prevent sugar from crystallizing.
This will make plus-minus 25 bollas if using teaspoon size.
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested by Feriel from The Recipe Hunter: Tried and Tested Recipes from Home Chefs
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 153
- Sugar: 17
- Sodium: 164
- Fat: 5
- Saturated Fat: 3
- Unsaturated Fat: 2
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 25
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 2
- Cholesterol: 22
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I have made something similar and know how good these little bites can be!!!
Hi Jenna. thanks for popping in and yes these little treats are awesome. Hope you will give these a try as well. N
I’ve never hear of these before. I’ll have to give them a try.
Hi Christy. It’s a very traditional South African treat, so please do give it a try. Enjoy
Oh these sound delicious!!
Hi Joanne, Thanks for popping in. I totally agree, they are something different and super delicious. Hope you do give it a try.