3 Ingredient Vetkoek Recipe
Make this easy 3 Ingredient Vetkoek Recipe with Greek yogurt and flour and salt. A simple yet healthy version without baking powder or yeast.
3 Ingredient Vetkoek Recipe
Fry this easy Greek yogurt 3 ingredient vetkoek recipe for a lunch or dinner. Made with just two basic ingredients you have in the fridge. Greek yogurt, flour and salt as well as cooking oil to fry the vetkoek. A No Bake stove top recipe idea for a tasty lunch or dinner. A weekend special to whip up in no time. Takes mostly 5- 10 minutes. No waiting for dough to rise. No yeast, no eggs or butter, just let the yogurt do its magic. This is what I like, simple and just mix and cook. Fill with any filling you would love, the family will love it.
What to put in vetkoek?
You can practically put anything you want in the vetkoek.
- curry mince meat and veggies
- curry chicken
- apricot jam and butter and cheese
- boerewors and tomato sauce
- bobotie mince
- salad
- bacon and egg
Can you make vetkoek without yeast?
Of course you can make vetkoek with yeast, use some baking powder that uses egg or make the three ingredient recipe with flour and Greek yogurt. But the best original recipe is with yeast. It is actually a bread dough.
Why is my vetkoek raw inside?
Your vetkoek could be raw inside if you oil is to hot and you brown the outside quickly, that will leave the inside raw. The inside should be airy with bubble like texture, and not raw dough.
Ingredients
- flour and baking powder or Self raising flour
- Greek yogurt
- salt
- oil for frying
For the full instructions and the amounts suggested see the recipe attached. Download or print the recipe. Don’t forget to use it online with the cook mode. 😉
cooking oil
flour or self raising flour
Greek yogurt
Himalayan salt
How To
Measure the 2 cups of self raising flour in a large bowl.
Add the 2 cups of the Greek yogurt, salt into the dry mixture and with a spatula mix the ingredient together to a sticky dough. If you need to add more flour to make it workable then add a Tablespoon at a time.
Press the dough together with your hands. Flour a surface on a bread board to add this dough to.
Carefully round up the dough and divide it into 12 portions.
With the oil in a pot coming up to boiling point, test it with a piece of dough to see if it browns in 15 seconds. Then the heat of the oil is at the right temperature. You need a deep oil for these vetkoeks to fry well.
Add carefully a few balls to the oil and fry for plus minus 4-5 minutes a batch. Or until brown on both sides. It should flip by itself and that is why you need deep oil in a pot.
Repeat the frying with the rest of the batch.
Drain with a metal scoop or place on paper towel to absorb any excess oils.
Cut and fill with favorite fillings and serve warm.
Great for a quick supper for the family.
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Print3 Ingredient Vetkoek Recipe
Make this easy 3 Ingredient Vetkoek Recipe with Greek yogurt and flour and salt. A simple yet healthy version without baking powder or yeast.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 20 min. 5 min per batch
- Total Time: 25min
- Yield: 12
- Category: Meals, supper or lunch, dinner
- Method: no bake stove top
- Cuisine: South african
Ingredients
- 2 cups of self raising flour (280 g)(or all purpose flour adding baking powder)
- 2 cups of Greek yogurt (480 ml)
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 4 cups of canola oil for frying
Instructions
- Measure the 2 cups of self raising flour in a large bowl.
- Add the 2 cups of the Greek yogurt, salt into the dry mixture and with a spatula mix the ingredient together to a sticky dough. If you need to add more flour to make it workable then add a Tablespoon at a time.
- Press the dough together with your hands. Flour a surface on a bread board to add this dough to.
- Flatten the dough and divide it into 12 portions.
- With the oil in a pot coming up to boiling point, test it with a piece of dough to see if it browns in 15 seconds. Then the heat of the oil is at the right temperature. You need a deep oil for these vetkoeks to fry well.
- Add carefully a few balls to the oil and fry for plus minus 4-5 minutes a batch. Or until brown on both sides. It should flip by itself and that is why you need deep oil in a pot.
- Repeat the frying with the rest of the batch.
- Drain with a metal scoop or place on paper towel to absorb any excess oils.
- Cut and fill with favorite fillings and serve warm.
- Great for a quick supper for the family.
- Great for breakfast and stores well.
Notes
- Don’t let the oil get to hot otherwise it will burn the outside of the vetkoek and the inside will be raw.
- Adjust the temperature and continue.
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