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Creamy samp

Soak samp over night. 
Wash and boil your samp over low heat till it’s cooked and soft. Add chopped red &green peppers,onion and carrot,butter and Cremora.

Sticky chicken:
Sprinkle your chicken with aromat.
Add 2 tablespoons of brown sugar and melt it in your pan. Then add your chicken,put in a half cup of Coca-Cola Coke and close the pan. Cook over low heat till the coke dries up and chicken becomes sticky.

Credit: Shibe Raisibe Monyamane

Dombolo Usunethumbu Zulucuisine

Dombolo recipe
10 cups (sibaningi)
1 satchet dry yeast
250ml sugar
Grated carrots
60ml oil
Warm water(kala ngamehlo)
60ml salt

Method 
Put all the dry ingredients together including grated carrots then add water mix well kneading your dough into your hands are clean then put it in a warm place so that it will rise whilst your meat is in the stove cooking

Usu and Ithumbu
Usu 
Ithumbu
Onions
Robot peppers
Knorrox cubes
Zeal(omit if ungaythandi)
Crushed chillies flakes
Salt
Beef stock
Carrots

Method
Wash your meat until clean then boil it with salt and zeal. Then after an hour and half u can put in Ithumbu then when is is cooked add onions and knorrox cubes, then add papers and chillies flakes let it boil then add carrots and Beef stock then immidiately remove meat and put it in a separate saucepan living the soup in so that u can put amadombolo. Using clean hands make small balls from ur dough and put them in the pot with that sobho u were cooking meat with cook ur dumplings for about 20 minutes.

Credit: Slungile Maka Bhoyo Mbatha

Chicken roulade wrapped with bacon and then stuffed with pepperdews and fetta cheese, cabbage with peppers, mashed potatoes and butternut

Recipe
Chicken breast
Shoulder bacon 
Salt and pepper
Pepperdews (on the pic)
Fetta cheese
Peppercorns
Toothpicks 
Garlic powder 
Aromat

Method
Cut your breasts wide open then sprinkle with Aromat, salt and pepper, garlic powder and peppercorns then stuff each breast with pepperdews and fetta cheese using toothpicks wrap it together then lastly wrap it with bacon then pan fry for 2minutes before oven grilling. Then put on ur oven for 20 to 25minutes

Cabbage recipe
Boil ur cabbage with carrots adding aromat for 4 minutes then remove from stove and then put bit of rama in ur pan then fry peppers for two minutes add garlic powder and salt and pepper then mix with ur cabbage and serve

Mashed potatoes 
Use soft cooking potatoes peel and dice them and add salt or Aromat while boiling it then when it is soft add three cheese sauce powder and whipping cream then mash it until it is mashed (then use a pipping bag with a nozzle for design )-optional.

Credit: Slungile Maka Bhoyo Mbatha

Beef curry recipe

Ingredients:
Beef cubes
Onions
Garlic powder
Garlic paste
Paprika
Cayenne pepper 
Supreme curry powder 
Babarque sauce 250ml
Barbaque tikka sauce 125ml
Oil 
Water 250ml
Baby leaves
Salt and pepper

Method
Fry onions until tender then add garlic powder, bay leaves and garlic paste, then add cayenne pepper, paprika and supreme currypowder let it cook until tender then add water and both babarque sauce and Tikka let it simmer then add meat and reduce heat. Then add salt and pepper for taste let it cook until ur meat is soft then serve

Rice 
Cook rice the normal way then grate carrot and put parsley.

Credit: Slungile Maka Bhoyo Mbatha

SOUTHERN STYLE MACARONI AND CHEESE

INGREDIENTS

2 cup dry elbow macaroni

4 cup shredded Triple Cheddar Cheese blend, divided [*see cook’s note]

2 cups whole milk

1 [10¾ oz] can cheddar cheese soup

⅔ cup soft easy melting cheese [such as Velveeta or Cheez Whiz]

½ cup sour cream

4 Tbsp melted butter

2 large eggs

1 tsp ground mustard

½ tsp salt

½ tsp white pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350°F and spray a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.In a medium size pot, boil the elbow macaroni in salted water until al dente Drain well.In a blender, blend together the milk, sour cream, cheddar cheese soup, cheez whiz, eggs, melted butter, white pepper, ground mustard, and salt. You can also do this by hand with a whisk.Layer one half of the cooked macaroni in the bottom of the baking dish. Sprinkle with 2½ cups of shredded cheddar cheese.Spread the last of the cooked elbow macaroni over the cheese layer.Pour the creamy sauce evenly over the macaroni. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.Dot the top with butter just before baking.Bake for 40 minutes until golden and bubbly. Serve hot.

NOTESThe cheese I used is a blend of mild, medium and sharp cheddar cheese. Any combination of cheese will work in the same amount.

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Homemade pies

* 1¼ cup flour
* ¼ teaspoon
* 10 tablespoon unsalted butter ( cold )
* 4 tablespoon cold water

Ingredients for filling
* ½ cup mince
* ½ grated onion
* ½ grated carrot
* ½ grated green pepper
* 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
* 1 tablespoon barbeque spice
* 1 tablespoon flour

For Crust mix ingredients together then add cold water afterwards , when the dough is well mixed refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours .
For filling add the ingredients together in a pan except for flour ,when golden brown, mix flour and small amount of water then add to the mince.
Roll out the dough cut into two ,flatten each then add mince close it by using your fingers bake for 1 hour at 200 to 250 degrees.

Credit: Phelma Kabini