South Africa

Malva Pudding is a cream soaked, cake dessert from South Africa. After baking, the hot apricot flavored cake is soaked in a buttery sweet cream making it very moist and giving it a thick pudding-like texture. Rather unusually for a cake, vinegar is an ingredient in the cake batter. This isn’t for flavor and once …

Bunny chow, also simply known as a bunny, is a popular South African street food dish prepared using a hollowed-out loaf of white bread which is filled with curry. Commonly used ingredients to prepare the curry include meat, chickpeas, potatoes and various different spices. Generally accompanied by a salad (including grated carrot, chilli and onion) …

Biltong is a famous South African treat that you can make at home, which is similar to beef jerky but the way of cooking it is air-dried. It is an easy dish to prepare where the beef is air-fried and seasoned with coriander, pepper, vinegar, and sweetened by brown sugar. Origin & Cultural Significance Biltong …

Chakalaka is a spicy tomato bean sauce that originates from South Africa. It is one of the most popular dishes enjoyed throughout South Africa. Chakalaka is essentially a spicy vegetable relish which is served with bread, curry and stews. Often used as a marinade for kebabs and meat, in hamburgers and fish, it is a …

Located on the southernmost tip of Africa, The Republic of South Africa is a country which boasts of great natural beauty, varied topography and a multicultural society. Most Popular Traditional South African Dishes Being home to people with diverse cultures, languages and religions, South Africa has a very colorful cuisine. Indigenous dishes are influenced by …

An ostrich omelette is exactly what you would expect. An omelette made using the egg of an ostrich! In South African cuisine, the ostrich egg omelette is considered a hangover cure and boy what a hangover you must have to need an egg that big for breakfast! Just one ostrich egg alone is the equivalent …