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LIFESTYLE

Keep it natural Mind the size of your desserts malva pudding, koeksisters and milk tart.
Avoid synthetic sauces and flavourings Keep your varied dessert options small Add some variety by grilling peaches with
or heavily basted meats, and rather opt and bite-sized for easy enjoyment after a cinnamon sugar or grilling pineapples and
for a mixture of olive oil and salt. Or, hearty meal. Examples include bite-sized enjoying them with coconut ice cream.
you can add vinegar and your favourite
herbs to a glass bottle – similar to
Argentinian Salmuera – allowing you Here is the best Sheba
to baste your meat while braaiing, recipe for your shisa nyama
pap:
thereby locking in and enhancing the
flavour.
Ingredients
- 2-4 medium sized tomatoes,
Age matters diced
Choose aged meat for tenderness and - Onion
flavour. Look for 21-day aged meat - Oil
from your butcher and make sure you - Garlic
understand the difference between - Fresh herbs, of your choice
dry-aged and vacuum-aged varieties - Salt and pepper
as this could impact the toughness - Sugar (to balance the acidity)
or tenderness of your meat. Chuck
steak is budget-friendly and excels on Instructions
the braai, offering excellent flavour 1. Heat oil in a pan and sauté the
without being too tough or too soft. onion until translucent.
2. Add fresh herbs, garlic and
The secret to juicy chicken pepper to the pan and
For great flavour and juiciness, seal continue cooking.
chicken in a Ziplock bag and add 3. Add the tomato, salt and sugar
salt, herbs and your light marinade to the pan.
of choice before immersing it (bag 4. Let the mixture simmer for
and all) in boiling water to pre-cook. 15 minutes to enhance the
This technique locks in moisture for flavour.
succulent results and enhances the 5. Add to your warm pap and
flavour of the chicken. serve.

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