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you know I'm so mad that I've never had
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a fet cook before This here is a South
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African delicacy and you stuff this with
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this amazing meat and potato mixture for
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the ultimate experience Now fetk is
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African's for fat cake and you can kind
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of see why it's called that It's really
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nice fluffy crispy and cakey This can be
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savory or sweet And today it's going to
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be savory So for the faith cooked dough
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here's some lukewarm water in which I'm
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adding some vinegar and sugar And give
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that a really good mix because then
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we're going to add in our active dry
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yeast over here Just let it sit on the
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top and let that just bloom for about 5
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to 10 minutes This is what you're going
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to see after around 8 to 10 minutes And
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since that is ready add some salt in
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your flour Add a bit of that yeast
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mixture And I'm going to pop this in my
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KitchenAid Start mixing it on
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low And then slowly keep adding in the
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rest of the water When it's all done the
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dough should be smooth Should be a bit
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tacky kind of like it is right now but
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sticky Just pulling it out and
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continuing to knead Just going to ball
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it up And you can see the texture is
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It is soft It is smooth and just a bit
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tacky Just place this in a lightly oiled
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bowl Cover it with a plastic wrap or a
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damp cloth for 1 hour in a warm place
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Now while that dough gets the chance to
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proof we can work on our
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beautiful spiced mints So grab a deep
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skillet and then heat that up on medium
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heat and add a neutral oil I'm using
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canola here Then add onions and carrots
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Give this a good sauté Then you can add
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in some chopped ginger and garlic Just
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about a minute here And then you can add
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in the meat I'm adding in some spices
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here Turmeric cinnamon cardamom pod
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ground cumin and chili powder This is a
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mild version You can also check out how
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to make my own homemade curry powder Now
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in Indian cuisine there is no such thing
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as curry powder but it's a concoction of
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spices that the British came up with to
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kind of simulate the flavor of a curry
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in one easy to use box Add these spices
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and then just saute it really well Once
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it looks kind of like this and is super
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fragrant add in your potatoes and just
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saute it for about a minute Then you can
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add in your broth I'm using this better
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than bun beef paste So about a teaspoon
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of this equals a cup of broth So add in
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the water if you're using that So add in
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some water if that's what you're doing
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Then we just gently simmer this for
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about 15 to 20 minutes or as long as it
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needs for the potatoes to get soft I did
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forget to add tomato paste I should have
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added it with the potatoes but you can
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add them in later on Just make sure you
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let the tartness cook out That's what
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I'm doing in the middle over here before
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you incorporate it with the rest of the
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dish Then add in your peas and a mango
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chutney or from my research Mrs Ball's
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chutney is apparently an authentic touch
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to this dish I couldn't find it and I
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did not want to put chutney because my
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wife does not like it But you can use it
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if you all but you can use it if it's
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not an issue in your house Just let the
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flavors melt together uncovered for
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about 5 minutes or so and then taste it
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just for seasoning And you can finish it
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off with some freshly chopped and washed
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cilantro This recipe kind of pays homage
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to the Cape Malay spice influence that's
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in South Africa So you'll see a mix of
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Indian and Southeast Asian spices in
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this dish Now the only reason why I
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discovered this dish is because of this
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collab that I'm doing You can check out
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# South African foodies for all other
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sorts of South African dishes and maybe
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you'll find your new favorite And here's
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the fitcooked dough right after the 1
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hour mark That is perfect Now the oil is
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heating back there You want the heat to
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be just between 350 to 375 fah And the
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full recipe will make about 20 medium
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sized faith goods But this is about 3/4
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of the recipe So about 15 medium sized
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will be perfect It'll make just about 1
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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portions of fet cooks Roll them into a
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smooth ball You can do what I'm doing
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over here Or you can just take this and
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go against the counter like this You get
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smooth balls that way as
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well Now with each of these you want to
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flatten it 3/4 to 1 in
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thick And whatever you're not using for
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now cover it so it doesn't dry out And
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then to fry just make sure the oil
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hovers around 365° F Then add your
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rolled out portions of dough in there
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They are pretty forgiving when they
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start puffing They won't deflate as you
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handle them And just make sure they are
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nice golden brown and crispy just like
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this You can easily keep them warm in
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the oven Just wrap them up in foil paper
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and keep it around 200° Fahrenheit in
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the oven as you are making it so they're
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nice hot and fresh Then it's just a
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matter of slicing them open about 3/4 of
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the way in stuffing it with your
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favorite stuffing in this case our
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awesome mints and enjoying If you want
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another dish that's very similar to this
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but Indian then check out choleur with
