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Keke 'Isi

Name: Keke 'Isi
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 10
Cuisine: Tonga
Ingredients: 300g All-purpose flour; 4g Dry yeast; 60g Sugar; A pinch Salt; 200ml Milk; 1 Egg; 20g Butter; To taste Oil for frying

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 10

Difficulty ⭐

Fluffy round fried doughnuts — a fried treat essential for Tongan breakfasts and snacks.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Keke 'isi are round doughnuts made in Tongan homes and at stalls by dropping spoonfuls of sweet yeast dough into hot oil. They're crisp outside and fluffy inside. Besides being eaten for breakfast or snacks with cocoa or tea, they're often sold at fundraising bazaars for schools and churches.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Tongan morning at a small village shop, freshly fried round doughnuts are packed into paper bags as children take them to school.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 10)

All-purpose flour 300g
Dry yeast 4g
Sugar 60g
Salt A pinch
Milk 200ml
Egg 1
Butter 20g
Oil for frying To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Combine the flour, yeast, sugar, and salt, then add warm milk, egg, and melted butter to make a soft dough.
Cover with plastic wrap and let rise 1 hour.
Scoop rounds of dough with two spoons and drop into 170°C oil.
Fry 4–5 minutes, turning, until golden.
Drain and eat warm.

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