South African Side Dishes Recipes

"Recently enjoyed my first meal at a local South African restaurant here in Brooklyn. There we enjoyed this fabulous side dish - a spicy revamped rendition of baked beans. Of course, this sent me in search of a recipe to prepare at home. Found this one on the Internet and plan to try it soon. The original called for three times the amount of oil..."

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Ingredients: fresh coriander, fresh garlic...

"I found this recipe online for Zaar World Tour. It recommends serving it with curries or bobotie."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, fresh ginger...

"South African green beans are one traditional food that bring good things to life. Nourishing, colorful, and just darn tasty too. I serve mine cold with a dash of hot pepper flakes that just give it that zing! And if anyone knows me, even if you don't know me well, you know that I would always go for the hot pepper flake option. Lawdy, I am one hot..."

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Ingredients: pepper, sweet white onions...

"A recipe from Linda Johnson. The carrots may not normally be added in a South African Potato Salad, but she adds them for color and nutrition. Cooking time doesn't include time to cook potatoes."

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Ingredients: chives, fresh parsley...

"From The Africa Cookbook, this is attributed to South Africa. Wherever it comes from, this is a yummy way to eat your vegetables!"

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Ingredients: ground cumin, eggplants, salt...

"In South Africa we have a rich heritage of amongst others, Indian and Malay cooking."

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Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, yellow sugar...

"This is a great side dish which is a staple in South African homes. It is a quick and easy substitute for mashed potatoes, and is great with barbequed meat - braaivleis. Sheba is a rich tomato gravy which is great over the pap and freezes well. One recipe is usually good for two or three recipes of pap."

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Ingredients: cornmeal, creamed corn...

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Ingredients: eggs, fat, mushrooms...

"A simple and fresh, fat-free salad with influences from Cape Town."

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Ingredients: cucumbers, green chili peppers...

"I tasted these first at a Saturday Farmers' Market at Stellenbosch (near Cape Town). The lady who sold them had several types of mushrooms on her skewers and grilled them over coals -- so use as many types of mushrooms as you can get -- or one type only, they'll still be good! Having enjoyed them once again at the Market, I imitated them, but I think..."

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Ingredients: coriander leaves, coarse grain mustard...

"This simple recipe is for Mickydownunder, who wondered why there were so few recipes with verjuice on Zaar! Verjuice/Verjus is an unfermented, slightly acidic grape juice product. It is excellent in cooking and is worth looking out for. In areas where grapes are grown verjuice should be available."

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Ingredients: lemon leaves, honey, verjuice...