Cape Spice

Spiced minced beef baked under a savoury egg custard, with raisins and chutney notes.

Hollowed half-loaf of bread filled with hot curry — Durban Indian-South African invention.

Stiff maize pap topped with chakalaka — a spicy tomato, bean and vegetable relish.

Coiled coriander-spiced beef sausage, grilled at braais across the country.

Stiff white maize meal porridge — Zimbabwe's bread, served with relish and meat.

Slow-cooked layered stew in a three-legged cast-iron pot over coals — never stirred.

Deep-fried dough bread split and filled with mince curry or jam — Afrikaans street snack.