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Bunny Chow
A quarter loaf of white bread hollowed out and filled with Durban mutton curry, with the scooped-out bread on the…
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Cape Malay spicing over a braai-shaped foundation. 14 South African recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 14 recipes cover 6 of the site’s categories, among them 6 dinners, 3 desserts, 2 bakes, 1 appetiser or small plate, 1 lunch and 1 quick meal. Of these, 2 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Chakalaka (28 min) and Boerewors Roll (30 min). For 8, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 8 easy, 5 medium and 1 hard.
As written, 6 are vegetarian, 2 vegan, 4 gluten-free and 5 dairy-free. Another recipe meets a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
South African recipes — all 14 recipes
Dinner
Bobotie
Curried minced beef with dried fruit under a set savoury custard, baked with bay leaves standing in the top. South…
Desserts
Malva Pudding
A sticky apricot jam sponge with a hot cream and butter sauce poured over it the moment it leaves the oven, so it…
Side dish
Chakalaka
A South African relish of onions, peppers, carrot and beans cooked hard with curry powder and chilli — served with…
Desserts
Milk Tart
A pale set custard in a thin crust under a heavy dusting of cinnamon. South Africa's tea-time tart, and not a baked…
Dinner
Sosaties
Cape Malay lamb kebabs marinated overnight in a sweet-sour curry sauce with apricot jam, then grilled on skewers…
Desserts
Koeksisters
Plaited strips of dough, deep-fried and plunged into ice-cold spiced syrup, so they turn crisp outside and syrupy…
Appetizers
Biltong
Strips of beef marinated in vinegar, coriander and pepper, then dried slowly in a low oven until firm and chewy.
Dinner
Boerewors Roll
Spiral boerewors sausage grilled or pan-fried and served in a soft roll with a sweet tomato and onion relish.
Baking
Vetkoek
South African fried bread: a soft yeast dough deep-fried into golden balls and split open to fill with curried mince.
Bread
Mielie Bread
A moist South African sweetcorn bread made with creamed corn, flour, eggs and milk, baked in a loaf tin.
Dinner
Frikkadels
South African spiced meatballs of beef mince, bread, onion and a touch of nutmeg, pan-fried and finished in a tomato…
Dinner
Potjiekos
A South African layered stew of meat, onions, carrots, potatoes and cabbage cooked slowly without stirring in a…
Side dish
South African Pap
Stiff maize meal porridge cooked until it holds its shape, served with a tomato and onion gravy.