Kokis (Sinhala: කොකිස්) is a traditional sweet from Sri Lanka & it is one of our favourites. Kokis is a deep-fried, crispy and sweet dish made from rice flour and coconut milk. This is an important dish when celebrating Sinhala and Tamil New Year.
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup wheat flour
2 cups coconut milk
1 egg
¼ teaspoon turmeric
Oil to fry
Salt to taste
DIRECTIONS:
Sift the flour and transfer it into a large bowl.
Add turmeric & salt to the flour and mix it well.
Then add the egg and coconut milk into the flour mixture and mix it well till you get a thick batter without lumps. Cover the bowl and keep it aside.
Heat the oil in a large frying pan in medium heat.
When the oil starts bubbling, place the Kokis mould in the oil for nearly 1 minute.
Then carefully dip the mould in the flour batter. Make sure the all the sides of the mould are fully covered with the batter, except on the top.
Then again put the covered mould into the heating oil, and hold it for nearly ½ - 1 minute.
Then slip the kokis out of the mould by shaking it a bit or if the kokis is sticks to the mould take a wooden toothpick and push the kokis out from the mould from all the sides.
And let it fry till its get nice yellow.
Drain it on a paper or kitchen tissues.
After the oil is drain, keep the kokis in an airtight container.
SERVING:
This is a Sri Lankan sweet specially making for Sinhala & Tamil New Year. And also for the traditional occasions.
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