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Fruit

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Fruit

Bananas, coconut, grapefruit, guava, mango, watermelon

Ful

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Ful

Galamudo

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Galamudo

Homemade pasta noodles

Galey iyo qumbo

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Galey iyo qumbo

Corn on the cob in coconut curry

Garow

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Garow

Garow is used to make porridge, sorghum salad, anjero (spongy flatbread)

Hummus

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Hummus

Chickpea spread

Lahoh

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Lahoh

Spongy fermented bread made with flour, serve with, for example, stew, honey, ghee, tea

Macsharo

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Macsharo

Coconut rice cake with cardamom and vanilla

Macsharo yariis

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Macsharo yariis

Small rice and coconut pancakes

Malawach

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Malawach

Layered pan-fried bread, top with hilbeh sauce, sweet or savory toppings

Nafaqo

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Nafaqo

Egg-stuffed potato croquettes

Odkac

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Odkac

Dried and preserved meat, beef, camel

Popcorn

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Popcorn

Popcorn is eaten many different ways: plain, salted, mixed with many different ingredients, topped with, for example, butter, caramel, cheese

Rooti

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Rooti

Sabaayad

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Sabaayad

Flatbread, may be filled with meat, vegetables, coconut

Sambusa

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Sambusa

Meat pie, savory pastry filled with meat, vegetables, potatoes, lentils

Shigni

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Shigni

Chutney or dipping sauce made with chili peppers, tomato, lemon juice, cilantro, tamarind, salt, serve with rice, noodles

Suugo

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Suugo

Tomato sauce, serve with baasto (pasta)

Xawaash

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Xawaash

Cinnamon, cumin, coriander, black pepper, cardamom, cloves, turmeric

Aloo bhajia

Aloo bhajia

Battered and deep-fried potatoes, serve with tomato salsa, green chutney

Banana bread

Banana bread

Bubble and squeak

Bubble and squeak

Fried leftover vegetables, potatoes, may also contain eggs, bacon, meat

Chelsea bun

Chelsea bun

Currant bun, similar to a cinnamon roll

Chia pudding

Chia pudding

Chia seed pudding flavored with vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, coconut

Isidudu

Isidudu

Pap (cornmeal porridge) with pumpkin or potatoes, curried cabbage, beef liver, serve with milk

Koeksister

Koeksister

Twisted or braided doughnut coated in syrup, different types, for example, Afrikaner and Cape Malay koeksisters

Mabele

Mabele

Sorghum meal, commonly made into porridge, ting (sour porridge)

Masala dosa

Masala dosa

A dosa (crepe) filled with aloo masala, a spiced mashed potato mixture

Muesli

Muesli

Breakfast cereal mix with grains, dried fruit and nuts, commonly eaten with milk, yogurt, berries, many different variations

Ostrich egg omelette

Ostrich egg omelette

Said to be a hangover cure

Pap

Pap

Cornmeal porridge, often served with stewed meat and/or vegetables

Phala

Phala

Cornmeal porridge

Rusk

Rusk

Hard dry cookies/biscuits, also made from cake, nuts and seeds, commonly dunked in tea or coffee, many different types

Scones

Scones

Soft boiled egg

Soft boiled egg

Ting

Ting

Fermented sorghum or corn porridge, serve with milk and sugar

Aartappel poeding

Aartappel poeding

Potato pudding, a spiced custard

Amarula cheesecake

Amarula cheesecake

Cheesecake made with amarula fruit liqueur

Asynpoeding

Asynpoeding

Vinegar pudding

Bar One cake

Bar One cake

Chocolate cake using Nestle Bar One cocoa wafers

Barfi

Barfi

Condensed milk confection, made with almonds, cashews, fruit, coconut

Biko

Biko

A sweet rice cake made from sticky rice, coconut milk and brown sugar, commonly cooked in a baking pan and cut into squares

Blancmange

Blancmange

A sweet molded milk or cream dessert, often flavored with almonds and thickened with gelatin, cornstarch or Irish moss

Boeber

Boeber

Vermicelli with sweetened milk, rose water, sago, cinnamon and cardamom

Bombay crush

Bombay crush

Falooda topped with ice cream, made with vermicelli noodles, basil seeds (subja), rosewater, milk and ice cream, an Indian-inspired dessert

Bread and butter pudding

Bread and butter pudding

Sliced white bread is buttered, soaked in egg custard and topped with raisins

Brownies

Brownies

Most common are chocolate brownies, but variations include caramel, white chocolate, mint/grasshopper, peanut butter, marshmallows, Nutella, with fruit, cheesecake, candy bar, peppermint

Buñuelo

Buñuelo

Fried dough ball, doughnut, made with banana (aga), yam (dago), pumpkin (kalamasa), can be eaten alone, filled with custard, fruit jam, topped with sugar

Butter cookies

Butter cookies

Cape brandy pudding

Cape brandy pudding

Spiced date cake with brandy, nuts, cinnamon and vanilla

Caramel shortbread

Caramel shortbread

Shortbread topped with caramel and milk chocolate

Charoset

Charoset

Fruit and nut relish, made with apples and walnuts, common during Passover

Chocolate

Chocolate

Roasted and ground cacao seeds, made into chocolate bars, used in sweets, desserts, moles, sauces, drinks, cakes, cookies, used in many recipes and foods

Chocolate biscuit

Chocolate biscuit

Chocolate cake

Chocolate cake

Chocolate mousse cake

Chocolate mousse cake

Christmas cake

Christmas cake

Cake made with dried fruit, common during Christmas

Christmas pudding

Christmas pudding

Coconut cake

Coconut cake

Coconut ice

Coconut ice

Pink-colored coconut confection

Crème brûlée

Crème brûlée

Custard topped with hardened caramelized sugar

Crunchies

Crunchies

Oatmeal and coconut bars, serve with tea or coffee

Custard tart

Custard tart

Don Pedro

Don Pedro

Ice cream topped with Kahlua or Amarula liqueurs, or whiskey, similar to a milkshake

Edible cookie dough

Edible cookie dough

Cookie dough designed specifically to be eaten raw, made without raw eggs and uses heat-treated flour.

Falooda

Falooda

Cold drink made with rose syrup, milk, vermicelli, basil and jelly, sometimes ice cream

Flapjack

Flapjack

Oat bar dessert, made with oats, butter, brown sugar, syrup

Florentine biscuit

Florentine biscuit

Biscuit (cookie) with nuts, candied fruits, honey, dark chocolate

Fudge

Fudge

Gingerbread

Gingerbread

Cakes, breads and biscuits (cookies) made with ginger and spices such as cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, from dense or airy cakes to crispy cookies

Halva

Halva

Sweets, candy confections, many different types, for example, flour or nut confections, many types

Hamantasch

Hamantasch

Triangular cookies or pastries filled with, for example, fruit preserves, chocolate, nuts, poppy seeds, cheese, caramel, common during Purim

Hertzoggie

Hertzoggie

Tart with a coconut, meringue and jam filling

Ice cream bread

Ice cream bread

Sweet bread made with ice cream

IsiJingi

IsiJingi

Cooked maize and pumpkin, a side dish, also used in some dessert recipes

Jaggery

Jaggery

Unrefined sugar from cane juice or palm sap

Jalebi

Jalebi

Deep-fried flour noodles soaked in syrup

Jam cake

Jam cake

Jan Ellis pudding

Jan Ellis pudding

A cake-like dessert soaked in an orange and vanilla sauce, named after a well-known Springbok rugby player in the 1960s and 1970s

Karringmelk poeding

Karringmelk poeding

Buttermilk pudding

Kheer

Kheer

Kichel

Kichel

Bow tie cookies/sweet crackers made with egg and sugar

Klappertert

Klappertert

Koeksister

Koeksister

Twisted or braided doughnut coated in syrup, different types, for example, Afrikaner and Cape Malay koeksisters

Koesister

Koesister

Small yeasted doughnut made with spices like cardamom, cinnamon and ginger, soaked in syrup and topped with shaved coconut, Koesisters are different from Koeksisters

Kugel

Kugel

Savory or sweet casserole with potatoes, noodles, curd cheese, fruit, raisins

Kulfi

Kulfi

Traditional Indian ice cream

Lamington

Lamington

Sponge cake coated with chocolate and coconut

Lemon meringue pie

Lemon meringue pie

Macaron

Macaron

Meringue cookie made with almond flour, egg whites, sugar, then made into sandwiches using fruit curd, buttercream or ganache

Macaroon

Macaroon

Coconut and egg white cookie

Madeira cake

Madeira cake

Lemon sponge cake, created in England

Malva pudding

Malva pudding

Sponge cake with apricot jam, serve with custard and/or ice cream

Mapopo candy

Mapopo candy

Cooked papaya, coated with sugar

Marzipan

Marzipan

Sweetened almond flour, commonly made into sweets shaped like fruit, vegetables, people

Melkkos

Melkkos

A spiced milk dessert or snack thickened with flour or sago, made with milk, cinnamon, cardamom, sugar, flour, top with butter and cinnamon sugar

Melktert

Melktert

Egg custard tart

Melting moments

Melting moments

Small shortbread biscuits/cookies, may contain jam, icing, be turned into sandwich cookies

Mince pie

Mince pie

Sweet pie or pastry filled with diced fruit and spices

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