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South African Traditional Local Foods |
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When visiting South Africa one will find that the food is as cosmopolitan and, in general, as basic as one would find anywhere else in the world, catering for all tastes. For your interest, though, we have listed some of the traditional foods in the country. |
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Food Name |
What it is |
| Amasi |
Traditional African sour milk |
| Biltong |
Salty dried meat - similar to jerky (a big favourite in South Africa) |
| Bobotie |
Spicy minced meat, chopped onions and milk-soaked bread topped with eggs. Often served with rice and garnished with dried fruit, walnuts, chutney and sliced banana |
| Boerewors |
Spiced meat sausage, preferably braaied (barbequed) on an open flame |
| Bunny Chow |
Stew, usually curry, stuffed into a hollowed-out loaf of bread |
| Chutney |
Sweet & spicy sauce made from fruit. Mrs Ball's Chutney is a household name |
| Droewors |
Dried boerewors (similar to Biltong) |
| Frikkadelle |
Meatball |
| Gesmoorde Vis |
Salted cod, often served with potatoes, tomatoes and apricot jam |
| Half Smiley |
Half a sheep's head |
| Heerlike Poeding |
A 'heerlike' (divine) sweet, with a touch of vinegar, spongy, flour based pudding served with a hot sweet sauce |
| Hoenderpastei |
Traditional Afrikaans chicken pie |
| Isidudu |
Pumpkin pap (porridge) |
| Koeksisters |
Twisted deep fried, very sweet pastries. Cape Flats Koeksisters are egg shaped, sweet and spicy |
| Malva Pudding |
Sweet spongy, flour based, Apricot pudding |
| Mashonzha |
Traditional African Mopane worm delicacy |
| Melktert |
South African milk tart |
| Melkkos |
Milk Based dessert, sometimes slightly burned |
| Mealie-bread |
Sweet bread baked with sweetcorn |
| Mielie-meal (pap) |
South Africa's staple food. Can be eaten as a breakfast porridge or topped with various spicy gravies and served alongside meat |
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| Naartjie |
Tangerine, mandarin |
| Ostrich |
Can be stewed, grilled or eaten as Biltong. It's growing in popularity due to it's high protein and low cholesterol content |
| Pampoenkoekies |
Pumpkin fritters |
| Pap & Vleis |
A staple and nutritious South African food of 'stywe' (stiff) pap, served with red meat (or chicken), gravy/sauces or topped with various stews |
| Patatrolle |
A variety of baked dishes where flour is replaced or supplemented with pumpkin or sweet potato |
| Potbrood |
Savoury bread baked over coals in a cast iron pot |
| Potjiekos |
Traditional South African stew made with meat and vegetables and cooked over coals in a cast iron pot |
| Rusks |
Hard, dry, tasty bread, can be eaten as is but is usually dunked into tea or coffee and then eaten. Ouma Rusks are a household name |
| Samoosa |
A fried, savoury, usually spicy, triangle shaped Indian pastry with various fillings of meat, vegetables and cheese |
| Slap Chips |
Sloppy potato chips (fries) with lots of salt and vinegar |
| Sosaties |
Skewered meat (Kebab, Souvlaki) usually done on an open flame |
| Tomato Bredie |
Delicious tender Lamb and tomato stew |
| Umqombothi |
Beer made from fermented wheat |
| Umvubo |
Traditional Xhosa dish of sour milk mixed with dry pap |
| Umngqusho |
A dish made from semolina and black-eyed peas |
| Vetkoek |
Deep-fried dough balls, either filled with minced meat or served with jam |
| Walkie Talkie |
Chicken feet and head |
| Waterblommetjie Bredie |
Meat stewed with the Cape Pondweed flower |
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