Southern African.
At your table.

Foodakl can log 52 Southern African dishes, and cooks 15 of them from scratch. Every figure below is a typical serving with an honest range, because home portions vary more than a single number admits. Median here is about 480 kcal.

Recipes from the wider African kitchen

Photographed, with full methods

Chicken tagine

520 kcal · 34g protein

Shiro with injera

460 kcal · 19g protein

Jollof rice with chicken

620 kcal · 30g protein

Bissara

300 kcal · 16g protein

Piri-piri chicken

520 kcal · 44g protein

Chicken yassa

540 kcal · 36g protein

Beef mafe

620 kcal · 32g protein

Beef suya

420 kcal · 34g protein

Nyama choma

520 kcal · 42g protein

Egusi soup

640 kcal · 26g protein

Chicken couscous

560 kcal · 30g protein

Doro wat

560 kcal · 34g protein

All 15 African recipes

Every Southern African dish Foodakl can log

52 dishes · one serving each

Dish	Serving	kcal	Protein g	Carbs g	Fat g
Amasimaas · umvubo · sour milk · amasi with pap	one glass	130 90–180	8	12	5
Biltongbeef biltong · biltong sticks · sliced biltong · dried cured beef	a small bag, about 50 g	160 120–210	25	3	5
Bobotiebobotjie · boboti · cape malay mince bake · bobotie with yellow rice	one square with yellow rice	620 470–810	30	60	27
Boereworsboerwors · wors · braai wors · farmers sausagecontains pork	one coil off the braai, about 200 g	620 470–810	32	4	53
Boerewors rollboerie roll · boerie · wors roll · boerewors in a rollcontains pork	one roll with tomato and onion relish	560 420–730	24	42	32
Braaibroodjiebraai broodjie · braaibroodjies · toasted braai sandwich · grilled cheese and tomato sandwich	two halves off the grid	420 320–550	14	38	23
Braaied snoeksnoek · braai snoek · gebraaide snoek · snoek with apricot jam	one flat half with apricot glaze	420 320–550	45	12	20
Calulukalulu · calulu de peixe · calulu de carne · dried fish and greens stew	one bowl with funge	480 360–630	32	26	27
Camarão piri-piricamarao piri piri · piri-piri prawns · gambas piri piri · lm prawns	one plate of prawns with bread	480 360–630	38	22	27
Cape Malay koesisterkoesister · kousisters · bolla · spiced coconut doughnut	two, rolled in coconut	300 220–400	5	46	11
Chakalakachakalaka relish · chakalaka with beans · spicy vegetable relish	one side bowl beside the pap	180 120–250	6	22	7
Chambogrilled chambo · chambo fish · lake malawi bream · chambo with nsima	one grilled fish with nsima	620 470–810	45	62	18
Chibwabwankhwani · pumpkin leaves · chibwabwa ne ntolo · pumpkin leaf relish	one relish bowl with groundnut	190 140–260	8	12	12
Droëworsdroewors · drywors · droë wors · dried sausagecontains pork	a handful, about 50 g	230 170–300	22	2	16
Durban currydurban mutton curry · durban lamb curry · durban chicken curry · natal curry	one bowl with rice	680 510–880	36	66	29
Durban rotisalomie · chana roti · flaky roti · roti wrap	one roti rolled around bean curry	520 390–680	14	62	24
Eisbeinysbeen · pork knuckle · eisbein met sauerkraut · pickled pork knucklecontains pork	one knuckle with sauerkraut and mash	900 680–1170	60	42	55
Frango à zambezianafrango a zambeziana · galinha à zambeziana · frango zambeziano · zambezi coconut chicken	half a chicken with rice	780 590–1010	48	60	38
Fungefunje · funge de bombó · pirão · angolan cassava porridge	one mound beside the stew	380 280–500	3	88	1
Gatsbygatsby roll · quarter gatsby · cape town gatsby · masala steak gatsby	one quarter, masala steak with chips	850 640–1100	38	90	38
Kapanaokapana · kapana beef · windhoek street beef · kapana with chilli spice	one paper of grilled beef strips	420 320–550	40	6	27
Kapentamatemba · usipa · dried sardines · kapenta with nshima	one relish bowl beside nshima	280 200–370	28	6	16
Koeksisterskoeksister · koeksusters · afrikaans koeksister · plaited syrup doughnut	two plaits, straight from the syrup	320 240–420	3	52	12
Kotakasi kota · sphatlho · spatlo · skhambanecontains pork	one quarter loaf with chips, polony and egg	900 680–1170	30	100	42
Madoramopane worms · macimbi · amacimbi · mashonzha	one small bowl, dried and fried	300 220–400	35	8	14
Mageumaheu · amahewu · mahewu · emahewu	one carton, about 500 ml	280 200–370	5	62	1
Malva puddingmalvapoeding · malva poeding · apricot sponge with cream sauce	one square with custard	480 360–630	6	68	21
Matapamathapa · matapa de caranguejo · matapa com camarão · cassava leaves in coconut	one bowl with rice	520 390–680	20	52	26
Melktertmilk tart · melk tert · melktertjie · cinnamon milk tart	one slice	280 210–370	6	38	11
Mogoduulusu · matumbu · mogodu le pap · tripe stew	one bowl of tripe with pap	480 360–630	32	40	20
Morogoimifino · morogo wa dinawa · wild spinach · african greens	one side bowl, cooked with onion	140 100–200	6	12	7
Muamba de galinhamoamba de galinha · muamba nsusu · chicken muamba · angolan palm oil chicken	one bowl with funge	650 490–850	40	44	34
Muriwo une dovimuriwo unedovi · muriwo · covo ne dovi · greens with peanut butter	one side bowl beside sadza	220 160–300	9	14	15
Nshima ne ndiwonshima · nsima · nsima ndi ndiwo · ndiwo	one plate of nshima with relish	650 490–850	26	88	20
Oshifimaoshithima · oshifima nomavanda · mahangu porridge · pearl millet pap	one mound with meat relish	480 360–630	16	82	10
Pap en vleispap and meat · pap en wors · phutu and meat · mielie pap with meat	one plate of pap with meat and gravy	750 570–980	38	78	30
Pickled fishingelegde vis · kerrievis · cape malay pickled fish · easter pickled fish	one bowl with bread, eaten cold	380 280–500	28	26	18
Pinotagerooiwyn · pinotage red wine · cape red wine · south african red winecontains alcohol	one glass, about 175 ml	155 110–200	0	5	0
Potjiekospotjie · pot food · potjiekos stew · three legged pot stew	one bowl from the pot, with rice	620 470–810	34	52	28
Prego rollprego · prego mocambicano · prego com ovo · garlic steak roll	one roll with garlic steak and egg	620 470–810	34	52	29
Rooibos tearooibos · redbush tea · bush tea · rooibos with milk	one mug with a dash of milk	25 5–60	1	2	1
Sadza ne nyamasadza nenyama · sadza rine nyama · isitshwala lenyama · sadza and beef stew	one plate of sadza with beef stew	720 540–940	36	82	26
Seswaachotlho · loswao · seswaa le bogobe · pounded beef	one bowl of shredded beef with pap	560 420–730	42	40	26
Shisa nyamashisanyama · chisa nyama · township braai · braai meat plattercontains pork	one shared plate of meat with pap	850 640–1100	55	40	52
Smileysmileys · skopo · inhloko · sheep head	one half head with pap	620 470–810	45	38	32
Sosatiessosatie · cape malay kebabs · apricot lamb skewers · sosaties met blatjang	two skewers with apricot marinade	450 340–590	30	24	25
Tingting ya mabele · motogo wa ting · ting sorghum · soured sorghum porridge	one bowl, soured overnight	260 190–350	7	52	3
Tomato bredietamatiebredie · tamatie bredie · bredie · lamb and tomato stew	one bowl with rice	600 450–780	32	58	26
Umngqushosamp and beans · isistambu · stampmielies · umngqushu	one bowl of samp and sugar beans	450 340–590	18	78	8
Umqombothiutshwala · joala · sorghum beer · traditional maize beercontains alcohol	one calabash, about 500 ml	230 170–300	5	30	1
Vetkoekvetkoekies · amagwinya · magwinya · fat cakes	two, filled with curried mince	620 470–810	20	62	32
Walkie talkieswalkytalkies · maotwana · runaways · chicken feet and heads	a paper bag of feet and heads	380 280–500	30	6	27

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