RECIPE INDEX

A

• Apple sauce 101
• Avocado
  • Avocado and tomato salsa 121
  • Avocado and prawn salad 22
  • Baked mushrooms with avocado, asparagus and cheese 123
  • Prawns with avocado and cashew nut salad 48

B

• Baby marrow
  • Cucumber and baby marrow salad 135
• Bacon
  • Baked cabbage with bacon and potato 145
  • Lamb sausages wrapped with bacon 83
  • Venison and bacon casserole 107
• Banana
  • Citrus-banana pancakes 177
  • Custard with cinnamon bananas 179
  • Fufu 145
• Basting sauce 98
• Beans
  • Beans and maize with peanuts 116
  • Green bean and tomato salad 134
  • Three-bean salad with olives 139
• Beef
  • Beef and vegetable pie 86
  • Beef pot roast 89
  • Beef stew and pap 89
  • Beef, plantain and vegetable soup 17
  • Bobotie 86
  • Curried rump steak with chilli onion rings 96
  • J’s steak 96
  • Moussaka 79
  • Nigerian meat kebabs 98
  • Ox liver, onions and mushrooms 93
  • Oxtail stew with mealiepap 93
  • Spiced beef fillet 91
  • Suya 94
  • Tomato and meatball soup 18
  • Tongue with chickpea and mustard sauce 94
• Berries
  • Coconut-blueberry pudding 178
  • Gooseberry sauce 70
  • Mixed berry fruit tart 178
  • Strawberry and yoghurt ice cream 186
  • Strawberry mousse 185
  • Strawberry sauce 179
• Bobotie 86
• Boerewors
  • Boerewors and pineapple kebabs with onion marmalade 97
  • Pap and boerewors with tomato and onion sauce 97
• Bread
  • Bread and butter pudding 172
  • Bread baskets with mushrooms, tomatoes and goat’s milk cheese 113
  • Bread with pumpkin and sesame seeds 160
  • Cheese and chives bread 163
  • Country bread with olive oil 165
  • Egyptian bread with vegetables and nuts 166
  • Oats bread 169
  • Raisin bread 163
  • South African health bread 160
  • Special cornmeal bread 166
  • Traditional white bread 165
• Breyani
  • Chicken breyani 67
• Brinjal
  • Brinjal salad 140
  • Brinjal stew with potatoes 127
  • Lamb and brinjal stew 80
  • Roast leg of lamb with brinjals 84
  • Stuffed brinjals with cabbage and lentils 120
• Butternut
  • Butternut fritters 143
  • Sweet potato and butternut mash 150

C

• Cabbage
  • Baked cabbage with bacon and potato 145
  • Egyptian cabbage rolls 146
  • Malawi’s favourite cabbage salad 135
  • Stuffed brinjals with cabbage and lentils 120
• Calamari
  • Cape calamari stuffed with feta and spinach 47
  • Mozambican spiced calamari 44
• Carrot pudding 172
• Central African recipes
  • Baked sweet potatoes stuffed with vegetables 113
  • Beans and maize with peanuts 116
  • Dungu curried vegetables and rice 123
  • Fufu 145
  • Charmoula 149
  • Cheese and chives bread 163
• Cheesecake
  • Baked cheesecake with chocolate crust 179
• Chicken
  • African pot roast chicken with vegetables 63
  • Chicken and prawn curry 65
  • Chicken breyani 67
  • Chicken in ground cashew nut sauce 57
  • Chicken jolof 54
  • Chicken skewers with peanut sauce 25
  • Chicken thighs and spinach in peanut sauce 65
  • Chicken with port and raisins 59
  • Chicken, mushroom and leek pie 62
  • Chunky chicken and lentil soup 15
  • East African pot roast chicken with coconut cream 60
  • Fried chicken breast with mushroom-sherry sauce 54
  • Malawian spiced chicken curry 60
  • Moroccan lemon chicken with olives 59
  • Nigerian meat kebabs 98
  • North African chicken tagine 57
  • Peri-peri chicken livers 18
  • Shebeen chicken 62
  • Spiced chicken and prawn kebabs 26
  • Summer chicken salad 22
• Chickpea
  • Chickpea and lentil salad 140
  • Chickpea and mustard sauce 94
  • Chickpea salad with buttermilk dressing 141
  • Chickpea, brinjal and mushroom tagine 127
  • Falafel 29
  • Hummus 154
• Chilli
  • Chilli onion rings 96
  • Harissa hot chilli paste 153
  • Chocolate brownies with fudge sauce 179
• Chops
  • Spiced lamb chops 84
• Chutney
  • J’s spiced fruit chutney 154
• Coconut
  • Coconut rice 136
  • Coconut-blueberry pudding 178
  • Grilled stuffed peppers with couscous and pine nuts 120
  • North African couscous salad 134
  • Vegetables on a bed of couscous 124
• Crayfish soup 14
• Cucumber and baby marrow salad 135
• Curry
  • Chicken and prawn curry 65
  • Dungu curried vegetables and rice 123
  • Lamb curry 85
  • Malawian fish curry 34
  • Malawian spiced chicken curry 60
• Custard with cinnamon bananas 179

D

• Dahl
  • Lentil dahl with vegetables 119
• Desserts
  • Baked cheesecake with chocolate crust 179
  • Biscuits Padana 177
  • Bread and butter pudding 172
  • Carrot pudding 172
  • Chocolate brownies with fudge sauce 179
  • Citrus-banana pancakes 177
  • Coconut-blueberry pudding 178
  • Custard with cinnamon bananas 179
  • Fruit kebabs dipped in melted chocolate 183
  • Grilled fruit Khapela 175
  • Lemon friands 175
  • Mango ice cream with strawberry sauce 179
  • Milk tart 185
  • Mixed berry fruit tart 178
  • Moroccan cinnamon rice pudding 186
  • Papino boats with mandazi and cream topping 183
  • Strawberry and yoghurt ice cream 186
  • Strawberry mousse 185
• Dipping sauce 21
• Dressing 22, 25, 134, 136, 139, 140
  • Buttermilk dressing 141
• Duck
  • Braised duck with orange and lime sauce 72
  • Duck breast with green olives and Amarula sauce 75
  • Duck breast with grilled nectarines and red wine sauce 73
  • Roast duck 73

E

• East African recipes
  • Chicken and prawn curry 65
  • East African pot roast chicken with coconut cream 60
  • East African prawn stir-fry 48
  • Lamb curry 85
  • Mandazi 183
  • Oysters Mombasa with lemon-dill sauce 47
  • Tuna vindaye with baby onions 43

F

• Fish and seafood
  • Avocado and prawn salad 22
  • Braaied snoek fillets with mustard-dill sauce 44
  • Cape calamari stuffed with feta and spinach 47
  • Cape kedgeree 38
  • Chicken and prawn curry 65
  • Citrus-baked haddock 38
  • Crayfish soup 14
  • East African prawn stir-fry 48
  • Fish frikkadels with wasabi tartare sauce 34
  • Fish in banana leaves with onion and tomato salsa 37
  • Fisherman’s soup 14
  • Garlic and chilli king prawns 51
  • Kabeljou with hummus and broccoli 39
  • Kingklip with mushrooms and green olives 41
  • Malawian fish curry 34
  • Moroccan fried charmoula fish 33
  • Mozambican spiced calamari 44
  • Mussels in white wine garlic sauce 51
  • Oysters Mombasa with lemon-dill sauce 47
  • Pan-fried salmon with sweetcorn salsa 41
  • Prawns with avocado and cashew nut salad 48
  • Red roman with olive sauce 39
  • Senegalese fish yassa 33
  • Spiced chicken and prawn kebabs 26
  • Tiger prawns with peri-peri dip 21
  • Tuna vindaye with baby onions 43
  • Tuna with mashed peas and fresh herb sauce 43
• Fritters
  • Butternut fritters 143
  • Sweetcorn fritters 26
  • Vegetable fritters with avocado and tomato salsa 121
• Fufu 145

G

• Gammon with honey and mustard glaze 103
• Garlic
  • Garlic and chilli king prawns 51
  • Garlic potatoes 153
• Glaze
  • Honey and mustard glaze 103
• Guinea fowl
  • Roast guinea fowl 72

H

• Haddock
  • Citrus-baked haddock 38
• Hake
  • Fish frikkadels with wasabi tartare sauce 34
• Harissa hot chilli paste 153
• Honey and mustard glaze 103
• Hummus 154

I

• Ice cream
  • Mango ice cream 179
  • Strawberry and yoghurt ice cream 186

K

• Kabeljou
  • Fish in banana leaves with onion and tomato salsa 37
  • Kabeljou with hummus and broccoli 39
• Kebabs and skewers
  • Boerewors and pineapple kebabs with onion marmalade 97
  • Chicken skewers with peanut sauce 25
  • Fruit kebabs dipped in melted chocolate 183
  • Nigerian meat kebabs 98
  • Ostrich skewers basted with J’s spiced fruit chutney 69
  • Spiced chicken and prawn kebabs 26
  • Suya 94
  • Venison kebabs in port and rosemary marinade 107
• Kidneys
  • Lamb kidneys 83
• Kingklip
  • Kingklip with mushrooms and green olives 41
  • Moroccan fried charmoula fish 33
  • Senegalese fish yassa 33

L

• Lamb
  • Egyptian cabbage rolls 146
  • Lamb and brinjal stew 80
  • Lamb curry 85
  • Lamb kidneys 83
  • Lamb sausages wrapped with bacon 83
  • Lamb shanks with baby onions, brinjals and peppers 80
  • Moroccan lamb tagine 83
  • Roast leg of lamb with brinjals 84
  • Spiced lamb chops 84
• Lemon
  • Lemon friands 175
  • Preserved lemons 157
• Lentils
  • Chickpea and lentil salad 140
  • Lentil dahl with vegetables 119
  • Stuffed brinjals with cabbage and lentils 120
• Liver
  • Ox liver, onions and mushrooms 93

M

• Mango ice cream with strawberry sauce 179
• Marinade 21, 67, 96, 103, 107
  • Port and rosemary marinade 107
• Mealiepap 124
  • Mealiepap with onion and tomato sauce 141
• Mince dishes
  • Bobotie 86
  • Moussaka 79
• Morogo with peanuts and mushrooms 115
• Moussaka 79
• Mushrooms
  • Baked mushrooms with avocado, asparagus and cheese 123
  • Mushroom-sherry sauce 54
• Mussels
  • Mussels in white wine garlic sauce 51
• Mutton
  • Mutton with sweetcorn and beans 85

N

• North African recipes
  • Chickpea, brinjal and mushroom tagine 127
  • Citrus-baked haddock 38
  • Country bread with olive oil 165
  • Egyptian bread with vegetables and nuts 166
  • Egyptian cabbage rolls 146
  • Falafel 29
  • Harissa hot chilli paste 153
  • Hummus 154
  • Lamb and brinjal stew 80
  • Lemon friands 175
  • Moroccan cinnamon rice pudding 186
  • Moroccan fried charmoula fish 33
  • Moroccan lamb tagine 83
  • Moroccan lemon chicken with olives 59
  • North African chicken tagine 57
  • North African couscous salad 134
  • Spiced beef fillet 91
• Nuts
  • Baked phyllo pies with feta, spinach and pine nuts 121
  • Beans and maize with peanuts 116
  • Biscuits Padana 177
  • Chicken thighs and spinach in peanut sauce 65
  • Chicken skewers with peanut sauce 25
  • Grilled stuffed peppers with couscous and pine nuts 120
  • Morogo with peanuts and mushrooms 115
  • Prawns with avocado and cashew nut salad 48
  • Seasonal vegetables with peanuts 143
  • Vegetable stew with peanut butter 115

O

• Oats bread 169
• Olives
  • Olive sauce 39
  • Three-bean salad with olives 139
• Onions
  • Chilli onion rings 96
  • Onion and tomato salsa 37
  • Onion and tomato sauce 141
  • Onion marmalade 97
• Ostrich
  • Grilled ostrich steaks with gooseberry sauce 70
  • Nigerian meat kebabs 98
  • Ostrich skewers basted with J’s spiced fruit chutney 69
  • Ostrich steaks with chilli sauce and figs 70
  • Ostrich steaks with shiitake mushroom-tarragon sauce 69
• Oysters
  • Oysters Mombasa with lemon-dill sauce 47

P

• Pancakes
  • Citrus-banana pancakes 177
• Papino boats with mandazi and cream topping 183
• Pastry 86, 110, 116, 178, 185
• Peppers
  • Grilled stuffed peppers with couscous and pine nuts 120
• Pies
  • Baked phyllo pies with feta, spinach and pine nuts 121
  • Beef and vegetable pie 86
  • Chicken, mushroom and leek pie 62
• Plantains
  • Fufu 145
• Pork
  • Gammon with honey and mustard glaze 103
  • Pork spareribs 103
  • Roast loin of pork in lemon cream sauce 98
  • Roast loin of pork with fennel bulbs 101
• Potatoes
  • Charmoula potatoes 149
  • Garlic potatoes 153
  • Roasted rosemary potatoes 146
• Prawns
  • Avocado and prawn salad 22
  • East African prawn stir-fry 48
  • Garlic and chilli king prawns 51
  • Prawns with avocado and cashew nut salad 48
  • Spiced chicken and prawn kebabs 26
  • Tiger prawns with peri-peri dip 21

R

• Raisin bread 163
• Red roman
  • Malawian fish curry 34
  • Red roman with olive sauce 39
• Rice
  • Coconut rice 136
  • Moroccan cinnamon rice pudding 186
  • Pilau rice 133
  • Rice and sweetcorn salad 139
  • Rice balls stuffed with cheese and basil 110
  • Rice salad 136
  • Savoury rice 133
• Roasts
  • African pot roast chicken with vegetables 63
  • Beef pot roast 89
  • East African pot roast chicken with coconut cream 60
  • Gammon with honey and mustard glaze 103
  • Roast duck 73
  • Roast guinea fowl 72
  • Roast leg of lamb with brinjals 84
  • Roast loin of pork in lemon cream sauce 98
  • Roast loin of pork with fennel bulbs 101
  • Roast saddle of springbok with J’s spiced fruit chutney 104
  • Roast saddle of springbok with prunes and port sauce 104

S

• Salad dressings see Dressing
• Salads
  • Avocado and prawn salad 22
  • Brinjal salad 140
  • Chickpea and lentil salad 140
  • Chickpea salad with buttermilk dressing 141
  • Cucumber and baby marrow salad 135
  • Green bean and tomato salad 134
  • Malawi’s favourite cabbage salad 135
  • North African couscous salad 134
  • Prawns with avocado and cashew nut salad 48
  • Rice and sweetcorn salad 139
  • Rice salad 136
  • Roasted vegetable salad 25
  • Summer chicken salad 22
  • Three-bean salad with olives 139
• Salmon
  • Pan-fried salmon with sweetcorn salsa 41
• Salsa
  • Avocado and tomato salsa 121
  • Onion and tomato salsa 37
  • Sweetcorn salsa 41
• Sauces (savoury)
  • Apple sauce 101
  • Charmoula 149
  • Cheese sauce 79
  • Chickpea and mustard sauce 94
  • Gooseberry sauce 70
  • Herb sauce 43
  • J’s spiced fruit chutney 154
  • Lemon-dill sauce 47
  • Mushroom-sherry sauce 54
  • Mustard-dill sauce 44
  • Olive sauce 39
  • Onion and tomato salsa 37
  • Onion and tomato sauce 141
  • Port sauce 104
  • Red wine sauce 73
  • Sherry-liver sauce 63
  • Tomato and onion sauce 97
  • Tomato sauce 146
  • Wasabi tartare sauce 34
• Sauces (sweet)
  • Fudge sauce 179
  • Strawberry sauce 179
• Sausages
  • Boerewors and pineapple kebabs with onion marmalade 97
  • Lamb sausages wrapped with bacon 83
  • Pap and boerewors with tomato and onion sauce 97
• Seasonal vegetables with peanuts 143
• Side dishes and accompaniments
  • Baked cabbage with bacon and potato 145
  • Brinjal salad 140
  • Butternut fritters 143
  • Charmoula potatoes 149
  • Chickpea and lentil salad 140
  • Chickpea salad with buttermilk dressing 141
  • Coconut rice 136
  • Cucumber and baby marrow salad 135
  • Egyptian cabbage rolls 146
  • Fufu 145
  • Garlic potatoes 153
  • Green bean and tomato salad 134
  • Harissa hot chilli paste 153
  • Hummus 154
  • J’s spiced fruit chutney 154
  • Malawi’s favourite cabbage salad 135
  • Mealiepap 124
  • Mealiepap with onion and tomato sauce 141
  • North African couscous salad 134
  • Pilau rice 133
  • Preserved lemons 157
  • Rice and sweetcorn salad 139
  • Rice balls stuffed with cheese and basil 110
  • Rice salad 136
  • Roasted rosemary potatoes 146
  • Savoury rice 133
  • Seasonal vegetables with peanuts 143
  • Steamed spinach 101
  • Sweet potato and butternut mash 150
  • Sweet potato chips 150
  • Sweet potatoes and vegetable bake 129
  • Three-bean salad with olives 139
• Snapper
  • Malawian fish curry 34
• Snoek
  • Braaied snoek fillets with mustard-dill sauce 44
• Soups
  • Beef, plantain and vegetable soup 17
  • Chunky chicken and lentil soup 15
  • Crayfish soup 14
  • Fisherman’s soup 14
  • Sweet potato and coconut soup 15
  • Sweetcorn and coconut soup 17
  • Tomato and meatball soup 18
• Southern African recipes
  • Bobotie 86
  • Braaied snoek fillets with mustard-dill sauce 44
  • Braised duck with orange and lime sauce 72
  • Bread and butter pudding 172
  • Cape calamari stuffed with feta and spinach 47
  • Cape kedgeree 38
  • Chicken thighs and spinach in peanut sauce 65
  • Chicken with port and raisins 59
  • Fish frikkadels with wasabi tartare sauce 34
  • Garlic and chilli king prawns 51
  • Kingklip with mushrooms and green olives 41
  • Malawi’s favourite cabbage salad 135
  • Malawian fish curry 34
  • Malawian spiced chicken curry 60
  • Morogo with peanuts and mushrooms 115
  • Mozambican spiced calamari 44
  • Mussels in white wine garlic sauce 51
  • Pap and boerewors with tomato and onion sauce 97
  • Peri-peri chicken livers 18
  • Prawns with avocado and cashew nut salad 48
  • Shebeen chicken 62
  • South African health bread 160
  • Tiger prawns with peri-peri dip 21
  • Tuna with mashed peas and fresh herb sauce 43
• Spareribs 103
• Spinach
  • Steamed spinach 101
• Springbok
  • Roast saddle of springbok with J’s spiced fruit chutney 104
  • Roast saddle of springbok with prunes and port sauce 104
• Starters
  • Avocado and prawn salad 22
  • Beef, plantain and vegetable soup 17
  • Chicken skewers with peanut sauce 25
  • Chunky chicken and lentil soup 15
  • Crayfish soup 14
  • Falafel 29
  • Fisherman’s soup 14
  • Peri-peri chicken livers 18
  • Roasted vegetable salad 25
  • Spiced chicken and prawn kebabs 26
  • Summer chicken salad 22
  • Sweet potato and coconut soup 15
  • Sweetcorn and coconut soup 17
  • Sweetcorn fritters 26
  • Tiger prawns with peri-peri dip 21
  • Tomato and meatball soup 18
  • Vegetable fritters with avocado and tomato salsa 121
  • Yam patties 21
• Steaks
  • Curried rump steak with chilli onion rings 96
  • Grilled ostrich steaks with gooseberry sauce 70
  • J’s steak 96
  • Ostrich steaks with chilli sauce and figs 70
  • Ostrich steaks with shiitake mushroom-tarragon sauce 69
• Stews and casseroles
  • Beef stew and pap 89
  • Brinjal stew with potatoes 127
  • Chicken jolof 54
  • Chickpea, brinjal and mushroom tagine 127
  • Lamb and brinjal stew 80
  • Moroccan lamb tagine 83
  • Mutton with sweetcorn and beans 85
  • North African chicken tagine 57
  • Oxtail stew with mealiepap 93
  • Vegetable stew with peanut butter 115
  • Venison and bacon casserole 107
• Stir-fries
  • East African prawn stir-fry 48
• Strawberries
  • Strawberry and yoghurt ice cream 186
  • Strawberry mousse 185
  • Strawberry sauce 179
• Sweet potatoes
  • Baked sweet potatoes stuffed with vegetables 113
  • Sweet potato and butternut mash 150
  • Sweet potato and coconut soup 15
  • Sweet potatoes and vegetable bake 129
  • Sweet potato chips 150
• Sweetcorn
  • Rice and sweetcorn salad 139
  • Sweetcorn and coconut soup 17
  • Sweetcorn fritters 26
  • Sweetcorn salsa 41

T

• Tagines
  • Chickpea, brinjal and mushroom tagine 127
  • Moroccan lamb tagine 83
  • North African chicken tagine 57
• Tarts (savoury)
  • Tomato and blue cheese tart 116
  • Vegetable tart 110
• Tarts (sweet)
  • Milk tart 185
  • Mixed berry fruit tart 178
• Tomatoes
  • Tomato and blue cheese tart 116
  • Tomato and meatball soup 18
  • Tomato sauce 146
  • Tomato and onion sauce 97
• Tongue with chickpea and mustard sauce 94
• Tuna
  • Tuna vindaye with baby onions 43
  • Tuna with mashed peas and fresh herb sauce 43
• Turkey
  • Turkey drumsticks with sherry-liver sauce 63

V

• Vegetarian recipes
  • Baked mushrooms with avocado, asparagus and cheese 123
  • Baked phyllo pies with feta, spinach and pine nuts 121
  • Baked sweet potatoes stuffed with vegetables 113
  • Beans and maize with peanuts 116
  • Bread baskets with mushrooms, tomatoes and goat’s milk cheese 113
  • Brinjal stew with potatoes 127
  • Butternut fritters 143
  • Chickpea and lentil salad 140
  • Chickpea, brinjal and mushroom tagine 127
  • Cucumber and baby marrow salad 135
  • Dungu curried vegetables and rice 123
  • Falafel 29
  • Fufu 145
  • Green bean and tomato salad 134
  • Grilled stuffed peppers with couscous and pine nuts 120
  • Grilled vegetables and mealiepap stack 124
  • Lentil dahl with vegetables 119
  • Malawi’s favourite cabbage salad 135
  • Mealiepap with onion and tomato sauce 141
  • Morogo with peanuts and mushrooms 115
  • North African couscous salad 134
  • Rice and sweetcorn salad 139
  • Rice balls stuffed with cheese and basil 110
  • Rice salad 136
  • Roasted vegetable salad 25
  • Seasonal vegetables with peanuts 143
  • Stuffed brinjals with cabbage and lentils 120
  • Sweet potatoes and vegetable bake 129
  • Sweetcorn fritters 26
  • Three-bean salad with olives 139
  • Tomato and blue cheese tart 116
  • Vegetable fritters with avocado and tomato salsa 121
  • Vegetable stew with peanut butter 115
  • Vegetable tart 110
  • Vegetables on a bed of couscous 124
  • Yam patties 21
• Venison
  • Roast saddle of springbok with J’s spiced fruit chutney 104
  • Roast saddle of springbok with prunes and port sauce 104
  • Venison and bacon casserole 107
  • Venison kebabs in port and rosemary marinade 107

W

• West African recipes
  • Chicken jolof 54
  • Fufu 145
  • Lamb shanks with baby onions, brinjals and peppers 80
  • Senegalese fish yassa 33
  • Stuffed brinjals with cabbage and lentils 120
  • Suya 94

Y

• Yams
  • Fufu 145
  • Yam patties 21
• Yellowtail
  • Moroccan fried charmoula fish 33