Eswatini

🇿🇦South Africa

Amasi (Soured Milk)

Amasi

A traditional South African fermented milk, thick and tangy, similar to yogurt or buttermilk. A national and traditional staple, drunk alone or with pap, a healthy and daily drink

🇿🇦South Africa

Biltong

Umncweba

South Africa's most loved snack: dried, cured, and spiced meat (beef, game, or ostrich) with coriander and salt

🇸🇿Eswatini

Buganu

Traditional marula fruit wine brewed by women, celebrated at the annual Buganu Festival.

🇧🇼Botswana

Dikgobe

Izinkobe

Comforting mixture of beans and samp (processed corn) — a balanced, earthy dish cooked slowly until both beans and samp are tender; a staple of Botswana home cooking, often served at gatherings.

🇸🇿Eswatini

Emasi Emabele

Ground sorghum mixed with sour milk, often considered a national dish.

🇸🇿Eswatini

Emasi Etinkhobe Temmbila

Ground corn mixed with sour milk, a traditional breakfast or snack.

🇸🇿Eswatini

Incwancwa

Sour, fermented maize porridge with a thin, drinkable consistency and a tangy bite.

🇿🇦South Africa

Isijingi

Sidvudvu

Pumpkin simmered into maize meal until soft and streaked orange - known as isijingi in KwaZulu-Natal and sidvudvu across the border in Eswatini, eaten warm as a staple side with sour milk or stews

🇿🇦South Africa

Mageu (Mahewu)

Mageu

A traditional South African fermented maize-meal drink, sweet and tangy

🇿🇦South Africa

Mielie Bread

Mieliebrood

A southern African sweet corn bread baked or steamed with whole corn kernels - mieliebrood in South Africa, steamed in corn leaves as sinkwa sembila in Eswatini

🇿🇦South Africa

Mogodu (Tripe Stew)

Mogodu

A South African stew of tripe with vegetables and spices, a traditional and rustic dish

🇲🇼Malawi

Pap (Maize Meal Porridge)

Pap

South Africa's staple food: a starchy porridge of maize meal (mielie-meal), served soft or stiff with meat, gravy, or chakalaka

🇿🇦South Africa

Samp

Sitambu

A South African staple of crushed dried corn kernels, cooked with beans or served with meat. A national and traditional staple, hearty and savory, a comfort and daily dish

🇸🇿Eswatini

Sibebe Premium Lager

Eswatini's national lager brewed in Matsapha, named after the iconic Sibebe Rock.

🇸🇿Eswatini

Siphuphe Semabhontjisi

Thick porridge made from mashed beans, protein-rich and filling.

🇸🇿Eswatini

Siphuphe Setindlubu

Thick porridge made from mashed groundnuts, rich and nutty.

🇸🇿Eswatini

Sishwala

Thick porridge of maize meal cooked with soaked sugar beans until the beans soften and the maize swells - the anchor dish of Swazi meals, served with meat or vegetable stews

🇸🇿Eswatini

Sitfubi

Fresh milk cooked with white cornmeal into a smooth, creamy breakfast porridge.

🇸🇿Eswatini

Slaai

Avocado cubes marinated in lemon juice and ginger, topped with crushed peanuts.

🇸🇿Eswatini

Tinkhobe

Boiled whole maize kernels, chewy and slightly sweet, eaten as a snack or side.

🇸🇿Eswatini

Umbidvo Wetintsanga

Pumpkin leaves simmered with tomato, onion and crushed groundnuts until tender and nutty.

🇸🇿Eswatini

Umcombotsi

Tjwala

Traditional home-brewed beer from fermented maize and sorghum malt, cloudy and lightly effervescent.

🇸🇿Eswatini

Umgcwembe

Traditional Swazi platter of grilled meat served with pap and spinach on a wooden tray.

🇸🇿Eswatini

Umkhunsu

Cooked then dried meat, similar to biltong but cooked before drying.

🇿🇦South Africa

Vetkoek

Amagwinya

A South African deep-fried yeast dough ball, crispy outside and soft inside, sold as amagwinya in townships and filled with mince, polony, cheese, or jam