South African Cuisine

5 dishes · Community built

South African Dishes

#1

Braai

★ 4.91234 ratings

South Africa's sacred ritual — a wood fire barbecue that is as much social institution as cooking method. Boerewors (spi...

#2

Bunny Chow

★ 4.8876 ratings

Durban's extraordinary street food invention — a hollowed-out quarter loaf of white bread filled with lamb, chicken or b...

#3

Malva Pudding

★ 4.8765 ratings

South Africa's great dessert — a spongy, sticky baked pudding made with apricot jam, drenched in a cream and butter sauc...

#4

Bobotie

★ 4.7654 ratings

South Africa's national dish — spiced minced beef baked with an egg custard topping. A Cape Malay dish reflecting the in...

#5

Pap en Vleis

★ 4.6543 ratings

The combination of braai meat and pap — a stiff porridge of ground maize — that is the everyday food of South African to...

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