What are common South African foods?

Answer 1

Some traditional South African food

Pap - maize meal

banana pie- banana pastry

Boerewors -a type of sausage

Bunny chow - half loaf of bread filled with curry or sometimes stew.

Boerboetie- meat dish: meat mixed with curry and egg

Biltong - dried, salted meat similar to "beef jerky"

Koeksister - platted dough that is deep fried then soaked in syrup

Rusk - very hard biscuit which you dip in your tea or coffee

Braai - South African barbeque

Potjiekos - stew cooked over a fire in a 'Potjie' pot

Less desirable food :D

Walkie Talkie - chicken heads and feet

Smiley or Skop - boiled sheep head

Mompani worms - dried Mompani caterpillars

Answer 2

There's a good site called Funky Munky full of south African recipes. The fruity pork curry is good as are the crumbed sardines BUT there are also traditional recipes too ~ I don't fancy the stewed cane rat myself. Link below for you http://funkymunky.co.za/recipes.html

Answer 3

There are many cultures in South Africa, so there is no one national dish or food type. In larger cities most national cusines are represented, though often in a lowest-common denominator way. For example, the Big Mac burger is readily available.

The dominant culture is African, which is also quite diverse, but most groups would recognise the following simple components as a traditional meal.

• Barbecued meat. Locally called a Braai
• Maize, boiled. As a stiff or crumbly porridge. Locally called Pap
• Spinach and other edible leafy vegetables, boiled. Locally and traditionally called Marogo
• What you may know as Jerky originated in South Africa and is locally called biltong.

Answer 4

Well, it depends on what culture in South-Africa you are talking about.

There are "traditional" foods, but these are associated with cultural groups. Examples of this may include (but are not limited to):

European (both English and Afrikaans speaking):

Braai or braaivleis - similar to a BBQ

Pap and souse - like a stiff corn porrige

Black African (again various tribe have various traditional foods)

Pap - corn porrige

Meat dishes (sheep, goat and cow)

Indian

Curries, boboethie

Answer 5

Because there are many ethnic groups living in South Africa, there are many different recipes with origins in countries like India, Malaysia, Netherlands, Afrikaan, United Kingdom, and Portugal. While a popular Indian dish is bunny chow, some Dutch dishes are fried crueler and malva pudding. Other popular foods are different types of curries, sambals, and fish stew.

Answer 6

South Africa has many different cultures and each culture has its own traditional food. Traditional food in the African community are maize, meat and wild greens (maroggo). The Afrikaners for instance have traditional dishes such as braaivleis (barbecued meat) and biltong (dried cured meat).

Answer 7

South Africans most famous food is the traditional Biltong and Dried Fruit Snack, other famous foods are the Boerewors, Bunny Chow, Potjiekos

Answer 8

There is no one national dish. The main staple food is maize porridge called "pap". South Africans also like to barbecue meat "braai" and like dried beef "biltong" and mince sausage "wors".