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Easy Homemade Cakoi Recipe

Homemade Cakoi

Image credit: 3than Wong
Servings 10 pieces
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes

Ingredients

Instructions

Dough

  • Prepare a clean and large mixing bowl
  • Add all purpose flour, salt, sugar, baking soda and instant yeast into the mixing bowl.
  • Use a fork to mix them up.
  • Then begin adding water a little at a time and continue to stir to mix in the water.
  • Once all the water is added, keep mixing with the fork until you have a dough that begins to form.
  • Scrap off all the dough from the fork and the side of the mixing bowl.
  • Begin kneading with your hand. Knead until dough becomes smooth.
  • Add oil and knead until all the oil is absorbed into the dough.
  • At this stage the dough should be slightly sticky and moist.
  • Roll the dough into a round shape.
  • Then add 1 tsp of oil onto the dough and gently apply it around the dough.
  • Also oil the surface of the mixing bowl.
  • Leave the dough inside the mixing bowl, keep covered with cling wrap and let it rise for 1 hour.

Cutting and Shaping

  • Generously flour your working table and then gently transfer the risen dough onto the floured area.
  • Again flour the dough.
  • Then gently pull and shape it into a rectangular shape
  • Use a rolling pin and gently roll into 3 � 4 mm thickness of elongated rectangular shape.
  • Then cut them into about 1 inches width (2.5cm width).
  • Prepare a bowl of clean water and a clean bamboo skewer.
  • Use the skewer to press in the middle of the dough vertically as the length of the dough to create a middle lining. Do this step to alternate pieces of the dough.
  • Then dip the skewer in the water and again slightly moist the middle line of the dough.
  • Once the middle line is moist, place the non-lined piece of dough on top of the lined dough
  • Then again with the skewer, gently press on the middle to ensure that the top piece sticks to the bottom piece.
  • Repeat this process until all the cut dough is done.

Deep Frying

  • Preheat cooking oil to 180�C in a frying pan.
  • Gently lift up a piece of dough and slightly stretch it and put it into the hot oil.
  • As it is being fried, turn it consistently to ensure it is well fried.
  • Once it becomes a golden brown shade, transfer to a plate, and serve.