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Dhal recipes

Tomato-and-dhal soup

40 minutes

Great value

Roast tomato soup with caprese toast

50 minutes

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50 minutes

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Boerewors bredie with creamy mash

45 minutes

Butternut recipes

Butternut-potato gnocchi with herb pesto

1 hour 30 minutes

Chicken recipes

Lemony chicken herb stew with buttermilk dumplings

1 hour

Cabbage recipes

Spatchcocked chicken, cabbage and apple tray bake

1 hour

Lamb recipes

Lamb curry pie

1 hour 40 minutes

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Baked loaded potatoes

1 hour

Rice recipes

Tahchin with fried brinjal (Tahchin-e badenjan)

Bacon recipes

Creamy mushroom conchiglie

20 minutes

Pasta recipes

Alphabet soup

30 minutes

Alphabet soup

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cooking Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

4 T extra virgin olive oil
2 carrots, peeled and diced
2 celery sticks, chopped
1 leek, roughly chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 large baby marrows, sliced
1 t dried origanum
50 g tomato paste
1 litre vegetable stock
100 g Woolworths kids’ alphabet-shaped pasta
1 x 400 g can cannellini beans, drained
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Method

1. Heat the oil in a saucepan. Fry the carrots, celery and leek until softened, then add the garlic and fry until fragrant.

2. Add the baby marrows and origanum, then stir in the tomato paste and stock. Add the pasta and stir.

3. Simmer for 5–8 minutes until the pasta is cooked through and the soup has thickened slightly. Stir in the beans and season to taste.

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Videography: Romy Wilson and Shavan Rahim
Photography: Shavan Rahim
Food assistant: Ellah Maepa

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Alphabet soup

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