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Trotters and beans —from the Cape, made from boiled pig's or sheep's trotters and onions and beans. Ugali —maize porridge in South Africa, traditional porridge/polenta and a staple food of the African peoples. Umngqusho —a dish made from white maize and sugar beans, a staple food for the Xhosa people.
In South Africa, a potjiekos / ˈ p ɔɪ k iː k ɒ s /, literally translated "small-pot food", is a dish prepared outdoors.It is traditionally cooked in a round, cast iron, three-legged cauldron, the potjie, descended from the Dutch oven brought from the Netherlands to South Africa in the 17th century and found in the homes and villages of people throughout southern Africa. [1]
Southern Africa, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Malawi A traditional porridge of mielie-meal (ground maize) or other grain. Pap: South Africa: This is a popular South African dish, of Afrikaner origin, which usually consists of a crumbly phutu pap and a tomato-based meat sauce, usually served with boerewors. The boerewors can be braaied separately, or ...
Bobotie appears to be a variant of patinam ex lacte, a dish documented by the ancient Roman writer Apicius consisting of layers of cooked meat, pine nuts, and seasoned with pepper, celery seeds and asafoetida. These were cooked until the flavours had blended, when a top layer of egg and milk was added. When the latter had set, the dish was ...
Skilpadjies is a traditional South African food, also known by other names such as muise and vlermuise. The dish is lamb's liver wrapped in netvet (caul fat), which is the fatty membrane that surrounds the kidneys. Most cooks mince the liver, add coriander, chopped onion, salt and Worcestershire sauce then wrap balls of this mixture with the ...
Umngqusho is a South African dish based on samp and sugar beans, usually served with hard body chicken which is called umleqwa in isiXhosa. Traditionally a Xhosa staple meal, it has been adopted by other tribes in South Africa as their staple meal as well. This dish is a staple meal for most South African families, referred to as isitambu ...
Boerewors. Boerewors (pronounced [ˈbuːrəˌvɔrs]) is a type of sausage which originated in South Africa. It is an important part of South African, Zimbabwean, Zambian, Botswanan, and Namibian cuisine, and is popular across Southern Africa. The name is derived from the Afrikaans words boer (literally, a farmer) and wors ('sausage'). [1]
Sosatie is a traditional South African dish of meat (usually lamb or mutton) cooked on skewers. [1] The term derives from sate ("skewered meat") and saus ("spicy sauce"). It is of Cape Malay origin, used in Afrikaans—the primary language of the Cape Malays, and the word has gained greater circulation in South Africa.