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Southern Africa

South Africa Recipes & Traditional Dishes

Discover 10 South Africa recipes on AfroKitchen, including Bunny Chow, Bobotie, and Umngqusho. Browse traditional dishes, regional context, and the wider A...

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Every South Africa dish in one place

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Main dish | medium

Bunny Chow

Durban bunny chow, a hollowed loaf filled with lamb, chicken, bean, or vegetable curry and served with the bread lid for scoo...

95 min | Main dish
Main dish | medium

Bobotie

South African bobotie, curried mince with soaked bread, chutney, sultanas, bay leaves, and a golden egg custard topping.

80 min | Main dish
Main dish | easy

Umngqusho

Xhosa samp and beans simmered until tender, often finished with onion, tomato, butter, and seasoning.

160 min | Main dish
Recipe | medium

Potbrood

South African pot bread baked in a cast-iron pot until crusty outside and soft within.

115 min | Recipe
Dessert | hard

Koeksisters

South African braided doughnuts fried until crisp and dipped hot into ice-cold spiced syrup.

95 min | Dessert
Dessert | medium

Milk Tart

South African milk tart with a sweet pastry shell, creamy milk custard, and cinnamon on top.

70 min | Dessert
Recipe | hard

Boerewors

South African coiled sausage seasoned with coriander, cloves, nutmeg, vinegar, and pepper, then cooked over a braai.

65 min | Recipe
Dessert | medium

Malva Pudding

A warm South African baked pudding flavored with apricot jam, then soaked with a buttery cream sauce.

60 min | Dessert
Recipe | medium

Sosaties

Cape Malay lamb skewers marinated with curry, apricot, vinegar, onion, and bay leaves before braaiing.

53 min | Recipe
Side | easy

Chakalaka

South African chakalaka, a spicy vegetable relish with carrots, peppers, tomato, baked beans, curry powder, onion, garlic, an...

50 min | Side

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What gives South Africa recipes their shape

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