Home
recipe-guide
South African recipes

Lamb recipes

Curried lamb mince with amagwinya

20 minutes

Risotto recipes

Beer-and-boerie risotto

50 minutes

Rusk recipes

Muesli rusks

1 hour

South African

Fruit-and-nut tameletjie

5 minutes, plus 1 hour’s cooling time

Beef recipes

Mevrou

45 minutes

Snack recipes

Umfino waffles

45 minutes

Bread recipes

Isinkwa Sombila 

1½ hours

Porridge recipes

Mabele ya ting from scratch

30 minutes

Lamb recipes

Denningvleis

30 minutes

Beverage recipes

Amasi (fermented cow’s milk)

10 minutes

Porridge recipes

Isidudu (soft porridge)

25 minutes

Corn recipes

Umbhona (roasted maize street snack)

30 minutes

Umbhona (roasted maize street snack)

By Khanya Mzongwana

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cooking Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

4 mielies
salt, to taste
200 g butter

Method

1. Remove the husks and silk from the mielies and place in a saucepan. Cover with salted water and bring to a boil. Cook for 30 minutes or until soft.

2. Place on a grill or on the braai and roast until charred. Slather with butter and add a little more salt. Serve hot.

Find more snack recipes here

Stylist: Khanya Mzongwana
Photographer: Toby Murphy

Easy, butter-roasted tomato-and-sausage spaghetti

Sweetcorn tamarind soup

Pork cacciatore

Curried lamb mince with amagwinya

Beer-and-boerie risotto

Muesli rusks

Fruit-and-nut tameletjie

Mevrou

Umfino waffles

Isinkwa Sombila

Mabele ya ting from scratch

Denningvleis

Amasi (fermented cow’s milk)

Isidudu (soft porridge)

Umbhona (roasted maize street snack)

Umbhona (roasted maize street snack)

Ingredients

Method