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The San peoples were hunter-gatherers, who mostly depended on foods like tortoises, crayfish, coconuts and squash. Agriculture was introduced to South Africa by the Bantu peoples, who continue in the cultivation of grain, starch fruit and root tubers — in the manner of maize, squash and sweet potatoes, following their introduction in the Columbian exchange, displacing the production of many ...
African cuisine is an integral part of the continent's diverse cultures reflecting its long and complex history. The evolution of African cuisine is closely entwined with the lives of the native people. Influenced by their religious practices, climate and local agriculture. Early African societies were largely composed of hunter-gatherers who ...
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]
Biltong. Biltong is a form of air-dried, cured meat which originated in South Africa, and from there spread to other Southern African countries -- (Zimbabwe, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, and Zambia). Various types of meat are used to produce it, ranging from beef to game meats such as ostrich or kudu.
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 ...
Achu/Achou. Cameroon. A dish consisting of pounded cocoyams and a red palm oil soup, served with cow skin, oxtail, tripe, and steamed eggplant. Ming'oko. Tanzania. A dish of wild edible yams. Afang. Nigeria. A vegetable soup which has its origin from the Efik people in the southeast of Nigeria.
Phuthu or Uphuthu (/ ˈpʊtuː /), also incorrectly spelled as putu or phutu, is a traditional preparation method of maize meal in South African cuisine. It is a crumbly or grainy type of pap or porridge, eaten by most cultural groups in South Africa. Phuthu is often eaten with meat, beans, gravy and sour milk.
Dombolo, (also known as umbhako, [1] ujeqe, dipapata in Setswana and rostile in Xhosa), is a traditional South African steamed bread. [2] It is a popular staple food in many homes within South Africa. [2] The bread is prepared in a container in a pot of boiling water. [2] It differs from the traditional dumpling in that it is prepared using ...