South Africa

🇿🇦South Africa

Malva Pudding

Malvapoeding

A Cape Dutch sponge pudding with apricot jam, baked and soaked in a hot cream-caramel sauce, served warm. A national and restaurant classic, sticky and sweet

🇿🇦South Africa

Mampoer

A South African fruit brandy (peach, apricot, or litchi), strong and fiery, a Northern Cape and rural specialty. A national and traditional spirit, strong and fruity

🇿🇦South Africa

Marula Fruit

Marula

A South African wild fruit from the marula tree, sweet and tangy, used in Amarula and fermented drinks

🇿🇦South Africa

Melkkos

A South African dessert of milk with bread or rusks, sweetened with sugar and cinnamon, a rustic and comforting dish

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Melktert (Milk Tart)

Melktert

A South African custard tart with a pastry crust, creamy milk filling, and cinnamon dusting, a Dutch-origin classic. A national and bakery staple, creamy and sweet

🇿🇦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

🇿🇦South Africa

Monkey Gland Sauce

A South African steak sauce of tomato, onion, garlic, chutney, and Worcestershire sauce, sweet and savory.

🇿🇦South Africa

Morogo (African Spinach)

Morogo

A South African dish of wild African spinach (morogo) cooked with onions, garlic, and sometimes peanuts. A national and traditional staple, herby and savory, a healthy and rural dish, a comfort and home classic

🇿🇦South Africa

Namibian Droëwors

Droëwors

A South African dried sausage, similar to biltong but made from thin boerewors, cured with vinegar and coriander. A national and snack staple, dry and savory, a portable and protein-rich treat, a biltong companion, a beloved snack.

🇿🇦South Africa

Ouma Rusks

Ouma beskuit

A South African buttermilk rusk, twice-baked and dry, dunked in coffee or tea, a national and breakfast staple

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Pampoenkoekies

Fluffy pumpkin fritters fried golden and rolled in cinnamon sugar while hot, a Cape farm-kitchen treat made from mashed pumpkin in a batter.

🇲🇼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

Pap en Wors

A South African classic of pap (maize porridge) served with boerewors and tomato-onion sauce. A braai and street staple, hearty and savory

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Peppermint Crisp Tart

Peppermint Crisp tert

A South African fridge tart of Tennis biscuits, caramel, cream, and Peppermint Crisp chocolate, layered and chilled. A national and party classic, sweet and minty

🇵🇹Portugal

Peri-Peri Sauce

Piri-piri

Piri-piri is a hot chili sauce made with small peppers and oil or vinegar, used to season grilled chicken, seafood, and other Portuguese dishes.

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Phutu

A South African crumbly maize meal, steamed and served with stew or meat — the traditional pap of the townships.

🇿🇦Cape Town, South Africa

Pickled Fish

A Cape Malay dish of fish cured in a spiced vinegar-onion sauce, a Good Friday and Easter tradition

🇿🇦South Africa

Pinotage

South Africa's signature red wine grape, a cross of Pinot Noir and Cinsault, producing fruity and smoky wines. A national and international star

🇿🇦South Africa

Potjiekos

Game potjiekos

A traditional Afrikaner stew of meat and vegetables, slow-cooked outdoors in a three-legged cast-iron pot over coals. A social and braai classic, hearty and layered, a national and communal dish, a Voortrekker tradition.

🇿🇦South Africa

Rooibos Tea

Rooibostee

South Africa's national herbal tea, grown only in the Cederberg region and protected as an exclusively South African origin product; naturally caffeine-free with antioxidants

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Roosterkoek

Dough rolls grilled over open coals on a braai grid until crisp and smoky outside, split while hot and loaded with butter, cheese, or braaied meat.

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Russians (Sausage)

Russians

A South African sausage (similar to kielbasa), grilled or fried, served in a roll or with pap

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Sago Pudding

A South African pudding of sago pearls, milk, and sugar, served warm with cinnamon, a comfort and home classic

🇿🇦Cape Town, South Africa

Salomie

A South African roti wrap filled with curry, meat, and chips, a Cape Town and street staple. A national and Cape Malay classic, hearty and savory, a street and comfort dish

🇬🇵Guadeloupe

Samosa

समोसा

A crisp South Asian pastry is folded around spiced potato, peas, onion, or meat, then fried and served with chutney

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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

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Seven Colours (Seven Colours Meal)

Sewe kleure

A South African Sunday meal with seven colorful sides (rice, pap, beetroot, carrot, cabbage, squash, potato), a festive and family tradition. A national and cultural classic

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Shisa Nyama

A South African township braai tradition of grilling meat over open coals, served with pap, chakalaka, and salads. A social and communal event, a national and township classic, a festive and meat-centric ritual, a braai variant.

🇿🇦South Africa

Skilpadjies

Sheep liver minced with coriander, onion and Worcestershire sauce, wrapped in caul fat (netvet) and grilled until the casing crisps - the "little tortoises" of the braai grid.

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Slap Chips

Slap tjips

South African-style French fries, soft and soggy with vinegar, a street and side staple. A national and beloved snack, salty and vinegary

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Smoorsnoek

A Cape fish stew of smoked snoek (a local fish) with potatoes, tomatoes, and onions, slow-cooked. A Western Cape and coastal specialty, smoky and savory

🇿🇦South Africa

Snoek

A South African fish (thyrsites atun), smoked, braaied, or in pâté, a Western Cape and coastal staple. A national and fisherman's classic, smoky and savory

🇿🇦South Africa

Snoek Pâté

A South African pâté of smoked snoek with cream cheese, butter, and lemon, served as a spread. A Cape and starter staple, smoky and creamy, a national and festive classic, a party and home dip, a savory and elegant spread, a pâté.

🇿🇦South Africa

Soetkoekies

A South African spiced sweet cookie with wine, cinnamon, and cloves, a Dutch-origin and Cape classic. A national and tea-time staple, sweet and aromatic

🇿🇦Cape Town, South Africa

Sosaties

A Cape Malay kebab of marinated lamb (or chicken) with onions and dried apricots, grilled over coals. A braai and festive staple, sweet-savory and aromatic, a national and Cape Malay classic, a braai icon, a skewered treat.