South African Cuisine & Recipes

Typical South African Dishes

Appetizers

• Peri-Peri Chicken Livers (Spicy chicken livers)
• Samosas (Deep-fried potato pastries)

Soups & Stews

• Green Bean Bredie (Lamb & green bean stew)
• Isophu (Bean & corn soup)
• Tomato Bredie (Lamb & tomato stew)

Salads

• Slaphakskeentjies (Creamy onion salad)

Poultry

• Chicken Curry
• Hoender Pastei (Chicken pie)
• Inyama Yenkukhu (Chicken Casserole)

Meats

• Biltong (Dried beef)
• Bobotie (Curried meat casserole)
• Boerewors (Farmers sausage)
• Frikkadels (Meatballs)
• Green Bean Bredie (Lamb & green bean stew)
• Lamb Biryani (Curried lamb with rice)
• Oxtail Potjie (Oxtails slow-cooked in an iron pot)
• Pofadder (Game sausage)
• Sosaties (Grilled curried meat marinated with apricots)
• Tomato Bredie (Lamb & tomato stew)

Fish & Seafood

• Cape Kidgeree (Fish with rice)
• Gesmoorde Vis (Salt cod with tomatoes & potatoes)
• Rock Lobster

Vegetables & Beans

• Chakalaka (Spicy mixed vegetables)
• Green Bean & Potato Stew
• Ntomo Krakro (Sweet potato fritters)
• Umfino (Wild greens with corn)
• Umngqosho (Grits & blackeyed peas)

Breads & Grains

• Geelrys (Yellow rice with raisins)
• Isidudu (Pumpkin-cornmeal mush)
• Lamb Biryani (Curried lamb with rice)
• Mabela Porridge (Sorghum porridge)
• Mealie Bread (Cornbread)
• Mealie-Meal (Cornmeal mush; see Ugali recipe notes)
• Ryskluitjies (Rice dumplings)
• Umngqosho (Grits & blackeyed peas)
• Vetkoek (Deep-fried biscuits)

Sauces & Condiments

• Fruit Chutney (Sweet & sour preserved fruit)
• Mango Atchar (Spicy mango pickle)

Desserts

• Klappertert (Coconut pie)
• Malva Pudding (Pudding with brandy sauce)
• Melktert (Custard pie)
• Soetkoekies (Spiced wine cookies)