LOVELY: A family day and potjiekos competition will be held on May 27 and all funds are in aid of Siyabonga Children’s Home. A family day in aid of Germiston-based Siyabonga Children’s Home will take ...

There are few things that link the different communities in South Africa more than cooking over an open fire – something many families across the country will have done on September 24 to celebrate ...

Plate up Let’s do the pronunciation first. You’re probably looking at potjiekos and thinking: “Pot-gee-eh-koss?” Seems reasonable. However, the correct pronunciation for this South African staple is ...

Potjie, pronounced “potchee” or “poyke”, is one of my favorite meals and styles of cooking. Potjie literally translates as “small pot food” and is something we learned about from the large South ...

All of the elements of a good, rich Boeuf Bourguignon are in this potjie dish. The beef, but rather than the “lean stewing beef” called for by Julia Child and others, we are using beef oxtail. Because ...

Key to this recipe is that the calamari, once in the burbling potjie, needs at the very least half an hour to become tender, but I would take it up to 45 minutes or even an hour. Only when the ...