African Cooking Recipes Question And Answer

Banana loaf?

Hi there, Well I'm quite new to the South African section so I hope you don't mind me asking this question. Anyway I'm wondering; do you South African wives or even husbands (South Africans/ Afrikaners are the best at cooking!) know of a good recipe for Banana loaf? My ouma used to make it for me when I was a little girl and I loved it. I have tried to get through to my mother who's in the UK but had no such luck. My in-laws are coming up for the long weekend and with it being Mothers Day on Sunday; I'd love to show-off with Banana loaf as my hubby loves it and so does his family! Any tips you could offer would be great as well! Kind Regards No of course not (anyone is welcome to answer) the more the merrier! Thanks very much Sorry what flour would that be? Plan or self raising? With the backing powder I would of though plan? Baie dankie Cakes, I did think so. Sorry for all the spelling mistakes. Was in a hurry, nearly burnt the house down whilst attempting to make koeksusters!

How do you Make African Rice?....?

Some Of my friends have made This African rice. (yes they are from Africa) Sometimes its white rice, or sometimes they cook it in a red sauce. They used lamb, chicken, and other meats. Its usually on the hot, or spicy side. It just is soo Good!! Does anyone know where I can find the recipes online. Its one of my pregnancy cravings.. :-) Oh And THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I know there are a few different ones.. Any of them, (or all) I would LOVE!!

need recipe for nasi goreng pattaya and nasi goreng paprik?

I am a South African and I spent the last five years in Malaysia in KL and I just love the pattaya and paprik. I want to cook them right here at home and I want them to taste the same. I have tried guessing the ingredients and cooking method but my food tastes like something is missing. Please assist. I have come across some recipes online they are all in Bahasa Melayu so if you please assist with English translation, I would appreciate that.

I want to cook for my boyfriend..Any suggestions??

We're both from the caribbean , but we are very open when it comes to food and music;so, any recipe will do!! ( Italian, Chinese, spanish,African American,etc)....Anything..

Any good vegetarian versions of Caribbean dishes (using vegemeat is ok too)?

My parents are from St. Vincent but I don't know that much about Caribbean food. My mother decided our family would become vegetarian when I was little, so I grew up eating tofu and other health-food type things. I am familiar with a few things, like plantain, cassava, pulao, roti, pone, sorrel (drink) and tropical fruits. I am ok at cooking Indian food, and I know Indian cuisine has strongly influenced the food my parents grew up with (also African, French, Spanish, and South American influences can be found). Anyway, I am going to visit my parents and I would like to cook a vegetarian Caribbean feast for them, including a drink, a dessert (or two) , one spicy main dish and one not-so-spicy main dish, and several sides. Particularly the kind of ingredients that they probably haven't eaten in years, that will remind them of childhood. I am willing to use vegemeat to substitute for meat, though I have never seen any vegegoat at the health store! Please share recipes/ideas.

Why does everything I cook in my slow cooker come out so dry when I follow the slow cooker recipe?

I have a 6.5 qt Toastess slow cooker, I have made a Hungarian Goulash and an African Boboti (with ground beef). Both recipes didn't call for any liquid, yet both came out bone dry and slightly burnt when I cooked it on the low setting. Am I supposed to add liquid even when the recipe doesn't call for it? How much liquid?

do you cook any food that relates to your ethnicity. if so what? is it your favorite?

me, well soul food is associated with african americans. i try to cook it all...but i'm a vegetarian. so if i cook meat for someone it is bloody because i don't taste-test or know when it is done. but i do like eating greens (without the meat) and biscuits is considered a soul food. and i love them muchas...i'm not sure about baked macaroni or baked beans but i know i love them. i've surprisingly never tasted african food. but i may include a recipe with xmas dinner. i like desserts, and too many african desserts include fruit. i like chocolate in my dessert. not so much fruit. any recommendations???

Crocodile meat?

Anyone have a recipe for cooking crocodile meat? While hunting, Daddy shot a really big African crockodile. Brought it home, skinned and clean, cut in 2 KG chunks. He now wants some of it cooked and I do not have an idea how to go about it... (He said that aligators and crocodiles are not the same). The meat is reddish, and not like fish at all. Rather like a pink firm chicken... Any ideas or suggestions?

african food?

recipe wanted for africian stew and also how do they cook their dry beef and chicken please

South African Bobotie? Please tell me if this is a good recipe?

1 kg Minced beef/lamb, 1 thick slice bread soaked in 125ml milk then mashed, 2 Onions chopped, 2t Oil, 2t Borrie 2t Curry 2t Salt, 1/2t Pepper 2T Vinegar or Lemon Juice, 1T Sugar, 6 Bay or Lemon Leaves Topping: 2 Eggs, 125ml Milk. Fry onions, add spices, add meat and bread and lemon juice. Fry till done. Put into oven proof dish, make slits to put leaves in, smooth top. Bake at 180Â°C for 30 minutes. Beat eggs and milk and pour over hot meat. Bake for 10 minutes to set. Serve with yellow rice: 1 cup rice, 3 cups water, 1 cinnamon stick, 1t borrie, 1t salt, 1 cinnamon stick, 1/2 c raisins, 2T (yellow) sugar, 1T butter. Cook rice and spices for 15-20 mins. Drain. Add raisins and sugar and steam for about 20 minutes over boiling water to swell up raisins. Is it good? Kook en geniet. Let me know please. OK, so I can swop the sugar for apricot jam or even chutney. That makes for a fruitier taste, sure. Right, MJ, can you explain what meibossies are, and stormvrugte? . MC, I have just made it, and it was really good. I just could not find any meibossies, Lol!

Want to buy a South African Cookery Book?

During the '80's I purchased the Tri-lingual Cookery book with recipes in English, Zulu and Sotho. They were simple recipes aimed at the domestic maids to cook for their employers. It was published by the Institute of Race Relations and sold by them in Durban S/Africa. I would like to get a copy of this and have tried Amazon to no avail. Can anyone help please.

Can you send me your favorite recipe? I am looking for new things to cook.?

I would love to have some good european, middle eastern, and african recipes as well as american....10 points for the best answer...i really would prefer your own recipes as opposed to internet searches on this one...

Recipe for homemade mac n cheese, particularly from an African American household?

I'm not racist in the least, but some of the best mac n cheese I had has come from African Amercian women. My bf is black and obviously our kids are mixed. So I want to learn to cook more things he likes, and to be able to teach my children how to cook them. He doesn't cook so I know he can't teach them. One of best ones had more than 1 kind of cheese in it. Plz help me. Also he's been wanting green too, if you can tell me how to pick, prepare, and cook them that'd be great.

Any basic tips and secrets on how to make great caribbean and african -american dishes from scratch.?

I need to learn how to cook. I have dozens of cookbooks with alot of wonderful recipes. To my dismay, not all recipes turn out like it should. I need cooking tips, secrets and rudimentary guide to cooking from sratch.

Where can I find Old Slavely Recipe from 1800 to 1940s.?

I need Recipes from the 1800s to 1940s, old Southern Recipes of any kind. Please, also African (Black) Recipes of Old Southern Cooks. Thanh you

anyone have recipes on soul food?

my kids are learning about the influence black americans have on our country, since it is BLACK HISTORY month. we are learning about influential civil rights advocates, leaders, musicians, politicians, and now their culture. i thought it'd be a good idea to make a meal that some would consider "soul food". i know the basis of soul food comes from things that were readily available to african americans and alot of love and soul. so recipes on what i can cook up would be great!

I need a nigerian african recipe for something I once had...?

while I was in university. I had a nigerian roommate and she made this wonderful beef stew with loads of tomato sauce and chili peppers.. but what she served it over is what im hunting for.. She used some sort of starchy powder like flour or potato buds or something.. and she mixed in water and a little oil and cooked this over the stove in a pot, with a huge thick wooden spoon, it looked something like raw bread dough.. But she did cook it.. the way it was served was in a plate, you'd scoop up balls of it, roll it around in your fingers, and make an inditation with your thumb in the center and dip it into the beef stew and eat it.. It was wonderful and I have no idea what it is or called.. thanks...

Any good recipes for spicey rice?

When I was in the merchant navy, many years ago, we had an African cook, who made this great spicey rice,nothing in the cook books comes anywere near it. Any suggestions

easy to cook recipes from Mauritania?

I've been looking every where for dishes that would be not too hard to cook, but they must come from Mauritania (west african country) because it's for school. It has to be able to serve about 30 people, but they all only get samplers not like a meal. Thanks in advance!! =)

Who knows how to make African Recipies???

There is a dish which sounds to me like benechin (don't know how to spell it but I hear it means 1 dish where everything is cooked together). It has spicy rice with meat and potatoes or what ever veggies they put in. Does anyone know how to make this or if you know of another African recipe, please share. Also, let me know exactly what type of rice is in there bc it seems like its a different rice. Thanks!!!! I'd like to surprise my husband :)

hi,i used to have a recipe called 'cook -sisters' a South African sweat pastry?

please could any one supply me with an original method for making them.They are high in sugar..but as an occasional treat ...they are deliciciousl

Genuine African (Sierra Leon...Ghanaian) food recipes?

My daughter is, unfortunately, not involved with this part of her family. Growing up my grandmothers cooking was a big part of our families life. I would like to share this tradition with her including all of her roots. Do you have any good recipes from these countries to share with me?