El Apartheid intentó separar a las gentes de diferentes países, pero las tradiciones culinarias de muchas de las culturas que forman Sudáfrica se ha mezclado durante siglos. La nación del arco iris cuenta con una cocina que fusiona elementos Europeos, Africanos y Asiáticos. Por otro lado, la combinación de los climas Mediterraneos y subtropicales hace que cualquier cosa pueda crecer, desde limones y uvas a mangos y papayas. Veamos en este post las principales características de esta cocina tan colorida.
Meat
South
African of all colours love meat more than anything else, and the
braai (barbecue) is a sacred (sagrada) national institution. If you
are invited to one in somebody’s garden you have to bring
something, for example sosaties (meat kebabs) or boerewors
sausages.(salchichas) For something more exotic, there is ostrich (avestruz) or
crocodile. You eat these accompanied by delicious relishes (salsa de pepinillos) made
with tomato, onion and chillies. And also by lots of ginger beer (cerveza de gengibre)
or Castle lager.
Mealies
For millions
of South African living in poverty,(pobreza), maize (maíz) is the staple (alimento de primera necesidad) of
their diet and grows all over (crece por todo) the country. But all South Africans
love this versatile cereal. No braai is complete without some
mealiepap, made from ground (molido) maize. You can buy green
mealies, roasted on the cob (asados con mazorcas) from women at the side of
the road, or eat porridge (avena) made from mealie-meal for
breakfast.
Malay Curries
With people
of Malay and Indian descent living in South Africa for hundreds of
years, it is not surprising that curry and rice is a national
dish. Curries here are equally hot (picantes) as Indian ones and the
Tandoori restaurants are excellent. Bobotie is another
Malay-influenced dish – a variation of beef (ternera) curry with fruits
and nuts (frutos secos) and an egg sauce (salsa de huevos) on top. Every South African
housewife (ama de casa) has her favourite version, which she loves to cook for
any visitor.
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