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A bread first made by the Boer settlers of what is now South Africa. Potbrood was traditionally baked in a cast-iron pot (also known as a Dutch oven) in a pit made in the ground and lined with hot coals. [24] Today potbrood is often made at a braai by packing charcoal or wood coals around a cooking pot. [25] Potjiekos: Namibia and South Africa
This is a list of African cuisines.A cuisine is a characteristic style of cooking practices and traditions, [1] often associated with a specific culture.The various cuisines of Africa use a combination of locally available fruits, cereal grains and vegetables, as well as milk and meat products.
In Central Africa, a variety of crops are grown, including yams, cassava, bananas and plantains, sweet potatoes, and cocoyams. These crops have become staples in the diet of many people in Central Africa. [16] Fufu-like starchy foods are usually made from fermented cassava roots, but they can also be made with plantain, corn maize and yam.
South Africa was a colony of the British Empire and has strong influences from United Kingdom. As British people settled in South Africa they brought their cuisine, which influenced South African cuisine. Sunday roast is as popular in South Africa as Australia, Canada and New Zealand where there are influences from
According to writer and food scholar Dr. Scott Alves Barton, “Yams are considered to be the most common African staple aboard Middle Passage ships; some estimates say 100,000 yams fed 500 ...
One of the more popular way to cook offal in South Africa is to cook it with small potatoes in a curry sauce served on rice. Alternatively, it can be served with samp or maize rice. In Zimbabwe, as in most of sub-Saharan Africa, little of a slaughtered animal goes to waste. Offal is a common relish enjoyed by people of all cultures.
During the early modern period, European explorers and slave traders influenced regional cuisines in West Africa, but only to a limited extent.However, it was European merchant and slave ships which brought chili peppers, maize and tomatoes from the New World, which have become ubiquitous components of West African cuisines, along with peanuts, cassava, and plantains.
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