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    How to Cook dishes from South Africa


    South Africa South Africa is sometimes known as the "Rainbow Nation", a term coined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and later adopted by then President Nelson Mandela, which encapsulates the diversity of the country's peoples and cultures. This diversity is also reflected in South African cuisine, which includes cookery practised by indigenous people including the Khoisan, Sotho- and Xhosa-speaking peoples, settler cookery introduced by people of Afrikaner and British descent, the cuisine of the Cape Malay people (people who came from Malaysia and Indonesia, and and introduced many dishes influenced by Malaysian cuisine), and the cuisine of people of Indian descent (influenced by Indian cuisine). Additionally, South African cuisine has taken influences from that of neighboring countries, and this can most clearly been in some dishes that contain traces of Portuguese cuisine - Angola and Mozambique both having been former Portuguese colonies.

    Some popular South African recipes and dishes include:
    • Biltong - Salty, dried, meat (beef, game, or even ostrich), similar to jerky.

    • Bobotie - Bobotie is a Cape Malay dish that resembles a meatloaf with raisins, and with a baked egg on top. The dish is served with various accompaniments such as yellow rice, sambals, banana slices coconut and chutney.

    • Boerewors - A spiral-shaped sausage containing a lot of fat, made from coarsely ground meat (beef mostly, but sometimes also containing lamb and pork), and flavored with spices (allspice, black pepper, cloves, coriander seed, and nutmeg). It is preserved using salt and vinegar, but most be kept refrigerated. There are several different variety of the sausage, and they can be cooked by barbecuing, boiling, broiling or frying.

    • Dröewors - This is dried sausage which is popular as a snack food.

    • Frikkadel - Meatballs with bread, eggs, onions and spices.

    • Mealie bread - A sweetened bread baked with sweetcorn.

    • Potjiekos - A stew containing meat, vegetables, potato or rice, with water or wine added. Fruits or pasta are sometimes added.

    • Sosatie - A Cape Malay dish consisting of mutton marinated with onions, chillies, garlic, curry leaves and tamarind sauce, placed on skewers and then fried or grilled.

    • Tomato bredie (Afrikaans: Tamatiebredie) - Mutton stew, seasoned with cardamom, chillies, cinnamon, cloves and ginger.

    • Vetkoek - Dough, filled with ground (minced) meat or syrup and honey, and then deep-fried.

    • Waterblommetjiebredie - Meat stewed with Cape Pondweed flowers.
    Some popular South African desserts include:
    • Malva pudding - A apricot-flavored sponge-like dessert.

    • Melktert - Melktert is Afrikaans for "milk tart". This dessert consists of a pastry crust containing a creamy filling made from milk, flour, sugar and eggs. Cinnamon is sometimes sprinkled on the surface.


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    Traditional South African Cooking

    By Pat Barton

    Random House Books for Young Readers
    Released: March 1st, 2015
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    South African Cooking in the USA

    By Aileen Wilsen

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    Released: August 28th, 2015
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    Growing up South African, Cookbook: A selection of 50 favorite home cooked food recipes, from across the whole region of South Africa

    By Verushka Pillay

    Independently published
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    The Complete South African Cookbook

    By Magdaleen van Wyk

    Random House Books for Young Readers
    Released: October 18th, 2018
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    The South African Gluten-free Cookbook

    By Jenny Kay

    Random House Books for Young Readers
    Released: November 28th, 2017
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    The Classic South African Cookbook

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    The Complete South African Cookbook

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    South African Cookbook: Quick and Easy Step-By-Step Guide to Traditional South African Cuisine to Celebrate Culture, Food and Flavors

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