Main Meals Archives

Cheese recipes

Cacio e pepe gnocchi

6 minutes

Lamb recipes

Harissa-and-rose lamb rump

1 hour 15 minutes

Cauliflower recipes

Cauliflower soup with Welsh rarebit

20 minutes

Butternut recipes

Hake-and-vegetable bake

60 minutes

Broccoli recipes

Cheesy broccoli soup

15 minutes

Chicken recipes

Chicken soup with dumplings

2 hours

Beans recipes

Tortilla soup

20 minutes

Beef recipes

Marrow bone samp soup

1 hour

Corn recipes

Corn custard with corn velouté

1 hour 15 minutes

Calamari

Salt-and-pepper squid with saffron potatoes

1 hour 45 minutes

Beans recipes

Sunshine samp

2½ hours

Sunshine samp

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cooking Time 2½ hours

Ingredients

340 g samp
170 g sugar beans
6 cups water
1 butternut
4 T oil
1 large onion, diced
1 large carrot, diced
1 potato, diced
1 T Rajah mild curry powder
1 T Woolworths spicy seasoning
salt, to taste
2 t sugar

Method

1. Rinse the samp and beans in cold water. Place in a large saucepan with the water and salt and boil for 2 hours until tender.

2. Prick the butternut several times and steam in the microwave for 10–12 minutes on full power until tender. Allow to cool, then halve and scoop out the flesh. Discard the skin and seeds.

3. Heat the oil in a pan. Fry the onion, carrot and potato until translucent. Add the curry powder and fry for another 3 minutes. Add the spicy seasoning and stir.

4. Add the butternut and mash roughly with a fork. Stir the vegetables into the samp and beans. Allow to simmer for 10 minutes, then serve warm.

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Photographs and videography: Khanya Mzongwana and Katharine Pope
Production: Khanya Mzongwana
Food assistant: Leila-Ann Mokotedi

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