Heritage food: The best potjiekos recipe
Learn how to make the famous Afrikaans dish - potjiekos. The recipe is easy to master and it's delicious to eat...
Heritage Day is celebrated every year on September 24 in South Africa.
It is a day where different cultures in South Africa appreciate their roots and celebrate what makes them unique as people of the soil.
Like many festivals, Heritage Day has a strong culinary component.
The different races and cultures cook up a storm, especially their traditional dishes.
Potjiekos is a traditional South African Afrikaner stew.
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It is cooked over a fire in a three-legged cast-iron pot.
Potjiekos is often served with homemade bread, dumplings, potato salads or three-bean salad.
Here is a recipe courtesy of Afsanas cooking channel.
Ingredients:
Marinade
- 1kg mutton
- 1.5 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- salt to taste
- 2 tbsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp tumeric powder
- 3 tsp coriander powder
- 2 sprigs curry leaves
- 4 no. bay leaves
- juice of 1 lemon
- 4 no. whole chilli
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp jeera powder
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Potjie Mix
- 1.5 tbsp jeera seeds
- 1 tsp cloves
- 1 tsp peppercorns
- 1 tsp cardamom
- 3/4 sticks cinnamon
- 2 sliced onions
- 3 blended tomatoes
- 3 large sweetcorn (cut into 2 /3)
- 3 large carrots (cut)
- 0.5 kg baby potato
- 3 gem squash (cut)
- 0.5 kg baby onion
Preparation:
- Add spices to 1kg mutton
- Mix well into meat
- Leave to marinade for 60mins.
Process:
- Heat 0.5 cup oil in a pot on open flame & add jeera seeds, cloves, peppercorns, cardamom, cinnamon and the sliced onions.
- Fry on high heat for around 10 mins till onions turn light brown.
- Add the marinated meat, stir and cover pot and let cook for 30 mins.
- Now add water till the meat is mostly covered.
- Stir pot and continue to cook on high for another 2 hrs or until meat is soft.
- Now add blended tomatoes, stir and cook covered for further 30 mins.
- Add carrots & sweetcorn, mix and cook for 30 mins on medium heat.
- Add more water if needed.
- Finally add baby potato, gem squash and baby onion, mix and cook for 30 more mins.
- Potato should be soft and then it is ready to serve.
- Garnish with dhanya and serve with rolls or naan bread.
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