This is one of my favorite childhood snacks. My mother was an expert maker of Siacoy but since I was only 5 years old that time I was not interested to know what she was doing, all I wanted to do was to eat and play. To this day I regretted for not getting the recipe from her. I was away and spent two decades abroad and I never bothered asking other favorite recipes from her.. I searched some recipes from the internet because this recipe is not available in local baking books. The recipes are not the same but nevertheless it was succesful
This was an experimental recipe, I was not satisfied with the taste(my Mom's siacoy was much better than mine) but I was glad because the dough have risen perfectly and the siacoy was soft.
SIACOY
Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour (1/2 cup flour extra or more for dusting).
1.2 tsp salt
1 tbsp activey dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tbsp. oil
1 1/2 cup cooking oil (for deep frying)
Procedure:
Mix flour, salt and sugar in a bowl.
Dissolve yeast in warm water and set aside for 5-10 minutes until frothy. Stir and add to the flour mixture.Add oil. Mix and knead until smooth and elastic. Form into a ball and placed in a deep bowl covered. Let rise until double in size for about 1 hour. Punch down dough, knead on a floured surface and form into a log. Cut into pieces, Roll each piece to a long stick and twist. Place on on a baking sheet covered and let rise for another hour.
Heat oil in a frying pan, Drop each piece about 2 pcs at a time'don't overcrowd, Cook each side until light brown. Drain and sprinkle with sugar.
Dough after kneading
double in size after an hour
cut into pieces
Twisted
