Magwinya south africa recipe

Magwinya are a very popular treat enjoyed right across the African continent. Learn how to make this popular snack with our easy to follow recipe.

I have a great recipe for puff-puff that my mom shared on this blog, yes she did! Did you miss it? Click HERE to see it! Her puff-puff had pepper and onions-it's a favourite way for me to make puff-puff. I got a lot, I mean A LOT of request to show how you can do puff-puff without touching it so much because some people just don't like hands in their food, I can understand that. In this recipe I share how you can make puff puff with minimal ingredients and without touching it...yes! Still…

Great recipe for Magwinya (fat cakes).

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A lot of people also refer to magwinya as 'vetkoek', and they usually pair their vetkoeks with curried mince.

Discover a classic South African dish with our Vetkoek and Mince recipe. This delightful combination of fluffy vetkoek and savoury mince offers a unique taste experience that is sure to impress. Whether you're familiar with South African cuisine or are looking to try something new, this recipe is a great place to start. In this post, we guide you through the process of creating this traditional dish, offering tips and techniques to ensure a delicious result.

When I lived in Nungua along Ghana's coast in the 1970s I learned to love a fried sweet dough that the Ga people call togbei, which, delightfully, means "goat's balls." The Akan people call it bofrot (pronounced, more or less, "boff-row"). It is a flour dough (imported wheat flour) that traditionally uses palm wine (from the oil palm Elaeis guineensis) in place of yeast. The palm wine gives it a distinctive taste, but palm wine is not available to me here in Pennsylvania so I've substituted…

When stuffed with a spicy ground beef curry, vetkoek – with its crispy exterior and soft, chewy interior – becomes a delectable dish.

Our housekeeper’s mother-in-law used to work for our neighbours and every time she made this magical meal, she would call for me over the wall and present me with one of these somewhat unheal…