Taste South Africa: 5 Traditional Dishes to Savor
Flavors of South African Traditional Dishes
Check out these traditional dishes when you are in South Africa to enjoy a taste of the traditional food.
The South African eating culture is a colourful blend of tastes, aromas and influences. Among the most famous traditional dishes one could list bobotie, which is a spiced mince bake with an egg covering.
Yellow rice is its traditional accompaniment and it also popularly served with chutney.
Two particular must-tries are boerewors, which is a type of sausage grilled at the braai, the successor to the barbecue. It translates to “farmer’s sausage” in Afrikaans.
Lighter snack option is bunny chow, a loaf of bread empty inside, filled with curry, a dish from the Indian part of Durban. It’s a type of food that is regularly sold on the street and full of both energy and taste. You should not leave without trying biltong which is a cured meat, and is similar to jerky, which can be eaten as a snack. It is spiced with coriander and vinegar.
Finally, there is chakalaka, or beans, onions, tomato, spicy relish, which can be consumed with pap, or maize porridge. If there is one side that can’t miss at any braai then it’s pap. All these foods are examples of the exciting flavors of South Africa heritage.
