South African Main Dish Recipes

"A simple shrimp (prawn) recipe with a leaning towards the tandoori style. Use the largest shrimp you can get, and sea-fresh shrimps are always better tasting than farmed shrimp. But if beggars can't be choosers, the spice in this recipe will make any shrimp or prawn taste great! (Edited on 21 Oct 2010)"

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Ingredients: shrimp, fresh ginger...

"This is a nice combination of flavours. Use plump dried prunes and remove the pips. It's a good idea to put dried fruits in bottles and fill up with sherry, port or brandy: they plump up beautifully, last forever, and taste great in dishes like these."

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Ingredients: cornstarch, cream...

"A quick midweek supper dish that can be made ahead of time. Good served with either hot or cold side dishes"

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Ingredients: fresh coarse ground black pepper, cream cheese...

"Lamb chops with a sweet and sticky sauce. Yummy, but quite rich so serve with "light" accompaniments. Preparation time excludes marinating time of approx. 2 hours."

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Ingredients: cream, mustard powder, oil...

"This is one of the most outstanding toppings for fish fillets. It does not overpower the fish, and tastes absolutely great. The recipe is from a very popular South African cookbook writer, Lynn Bedford Hall. I cannot count how often I've made this topping -- regardless of how the fish was prepared. But I give her recipe with a few tiny adjustments...."

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Ingredients: dried dill, egg whites...

"This very easy and delicious curry recipe was given to us by a dear South African friend who happens to be an amazing cook!"

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Ingredients: coconut milk, curry powder...

"A spicy alternative to Meat Loaf, it is a traditional dish made by South Africans of Malaysian decent. I tried it when on holiday there."

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Ingredients: chutney, pepper, curry powder...

"This tangy chicken works well with salad or rice and is delicious both cold and hot. You can cook this dish straight away, or if you have time you can keep it in the fridge for up to a day while the flavours work their magic. This recipe is based on one found in an old South African cookbook, which said that tamborine is a local name for a lime tree."

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Ingredients: lime wedges, limes...

"This is a very quick South African meal for one. Nutritious and tasty too. Eat with new potatoes or wholemeal dumplings or stuff a pita bread with it. Delicious."

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Ingredients: olive oil, onions, spinach...

"Boom chakalaka! Born in the townships of South Africa, chakalaka is a simple, spicy dish of onions, tomatoes and often beans. It has been a staple for generations of black South Africans, and is a required condiment at South African braais, or barbecues. Chakalaka can be served hot or cold, over mealie pap, with slices of bread, or as a condiment..."

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Ingredients: cilantro, pepper, curry powder...