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Famous traditional South African recipes

As a proud South African chef, I take great pride in making classic South African dishes and creating the best recipes for South African foods.

South African cuisine has influences from all over Europe and Asia, and the foods vary considerably within the rich diverse culture.

There are staples like biltong and droëwors which are delicious air-dried meat snacks.

Hearty home-style dishes like frikkadels, Cape Malay bobotie, tomatie bredie, and steakhouse classics like creamed spinach.

As well as the famous braai with crispy pork belly is my favorite served with a wide variety of delicious braai sides and salads.

  • Milk tart slice on a cake lifter.
    South African Milk Tart — Melktert (Video)
  • alikreukel in a black cast iron pot.
    How to cook Alikreukel (Giant Periwinkle)
  • Denningvleis on yellow rice with green chili.
    Denningvleis - Traditional Cape Malay Meat Stew (Video)
  • Close up of bobotie in a white ceramic dish.
    Traditional Cape Malay Bobotie (Video)
  • Yellow rice in a brown ceramic bowl.
    Geelrys (Yellow Rice)
  • Malva pudding on cake lifter.
    South African Malva Pudding (Video)
  • Traditional South African Tomato bredie in a casserole pan.
    Tomato Bredie - Traditional South African Stew (Video)
  • droëwors close up
    South African Droëwors Recipe - Beef, Game Or Pork (Video)
  • hand holding strips of cured meat on a wooden board
    Ultimate South African Biltong Recipe (Video)
  • Frikkadels on a white plate with sweet potato.
    Traditional South African Frikkadels With Onion Gravy (Video)
  • Sliced duck biltong close up.
    Duck Biltong (Video)
  • Chakalaka in a pan.
    South African Chakalaka - Traditional Spiced Relish (Video)
  • leg of lamb on white plate
    Slow Cooked Leg Of Lamb
  • grilled angel fish
    Grilled angelfish Braai Style
  • creamed spinach on a white plate.
    South African Steakhouse Style Creamed Spinach
  • crispy pork belly
    Pork Belly Braai | Slow-Roasted Over The Fire
  • Roasted pepper, mascarpone and caper salad
    4 Easy Braai salads and side dishes
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Latest recipes

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  • hand holding strips of cured meat on a wooden board
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