South African food is known for its variety and flavors - no wonder the region is known as the land of rainbow cuisines. The traditional dishes in the South African menu are basically a combination of recipes taken from the people of different cultures who lived in the country over the past 350 years.  Any typical meal in African household includes mainly maize porridge and meat which is considered a favorite among the locals. Today, you can find numerous varieties of mouth savoring recipes in South Africa. Here are some typical South African dishes which you can try out.

Breakfast ideas in South Africa:

·        African Banana Coconut Bake - a healthy breakfast dish where sliced banana is baked with shredded coconut, orange juice, lemon juice, butter and brown sugar.

·        Moroccan - delicious fried pancake where flour and cinnamon is knead together in dough before they are fried and served after brushing honey or sprinkling sugar over it.

·        La Bouillie - awesome porridge prepared from rice, peanut butter, wheat, corn flour, milk, and sugar.

·        African Fruit Compote - mixed fruits served with lichee nuts and sauce prepared from sugar, lemon juice, vanilla extracts and salt.

·        Fava Bean Egyptian Breakfast - filling healthy breakfast where fava beans are cooked along with tomato, onions and other spices.

Lunch and Dinner South African Menu ideas:

·        Mealie Soup - an awesome soup where corn is cooked along with onion, chicken broth, milk, butter, tomatoes and pepper.

·        Carrot Bredie - carrot and potatoes cooked along with onion and black pepper until they are soft and served hot with a little butter stirred in.

·        Green Bean Salad - Cooked green beans tossed together with onion, salad oil, lemon juice, fresh grounded pepper and olives.

·        Komkomer Sambal- tasty delicacy made of cucumber where grated and drained cucumber are mixed with vinegar, garlic and jalapeno pepper and served chilled.

·        Geel Rys-tasty yellow rice, cooked along with sugar, butter, cinnamon stick and lemon rind.

·        Bobotie- a traditional South African dish where beef or lamb pieces are cooked with onion, apple, and white bread soaked in milk, raisins, almonds, lemon juice, egg and other spices.

·        Putupap- a healthy porridge where fine white cornmeal is dipped in boiling water and then cooked and served with tomato sauce.

South African Dessert Menu Ideas:

·        Melktert-popular South African milk custard where milk is boiled with cinnamon and served cold with castor sugar topping.

·        Pineapple Sherbet- tasty smoothie prepared of pineapple, lemon juice and sugar.

·        Custard Melkkos -tasty South African pudding, where soaked sago is cooked and refrigerated with egg, custard powder, butter and cinnanamon sugar.

·        Benne Cake - Traditional dessert where toasted sesame seeds are mixed and baked together with flour, butter, brown sugar, egg, vanilla extracts and lemon juice.

·        Brandy Snaps - a tantalizing dessert prepared from flour, ground ginger, lemon rind, whipped cream, butter and caster sugar.

Try out South African menu items and enjoy with your friends and family!

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