South African recipes: from malva pudding to milk tart

Breakfast recipes

Amarula milk tart

30 minutes, plus 4 hours setting time

Beans recipes

Samp-and-beans lamb curry

1½ hours, plus cooking time for samp and beans

Braai recipes

Padda in die gat with peri-peri smoor

1 hour

Lamb recipes

Sosatie spiced lamb sausage with creamy samp

30 minutes

Chicken recipes

Chicken feet

30 minutes

Nani’s khowse (Burmese chicken soup)

Serves 4 to 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes, plus 1 hour of marinating time

Cooking Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

4 free-range skinless deboned chicken thighs
2 free-range skinless deboned chicken breasts
½ t ground ginger
1 t garlic, crushed
1 t chilli powder
1 t ground turmeric (arad)
salt, to taste
2 small onions, finely grated or chopped
ghee, for frying
1 x 400 ml can coconut milk
1 cup water
1 T chickpea flour

For serving:

fresh coriander, chopped
cooked spaghetti
lemon wedges
garlic flakes
red chilli powder
purr (crispy fried samosa purr)
Woolworths crispy onion sprinkle

Method

1. Marinate the chicken in the ginger, garlic, chili powder, turmeric and salt for one hour.

2. Braise the onions in the ghee in a large saucepan until slightly golden. Add the chicken and cook until tender, approximately 10–15 minutes.

3. Add the coconut milk and water, then simmer gently for 15 minutes.

4. Toast the chickpea flour in a dry pan for 1 minute. Whisk into 1/2 cup cold water until smooth. Gradually add the slurry to the chicken – start with ¼ cup, then add more if necessary to thicken the curry. Don’t add it all at once.

5. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Simmer until the gravy is smooth and cooked through. Serve with the accompaniments of your choice.

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Photographer: Shavan Rahim

Videographer: Barry de Villiers

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Nani’s khowse (Burmese chicken soup)

Ingredients

Method