5 ivor potjiekos Recipes

lamb pieces (keep bone is meat, make sure you keep the meat in large chunks, onions, thickly sliced, red bell peppers, thickly sliced, baby potatoes, button mushrooms, halved, baby cabbages (not sure what they are called in other countries), heads of cauliflower, heads of brocolli, creme fraiche, beef stock, dill, crushed garlic, salt and pepper to taste

oxtails, white wine (cabarnet or similar), fresh thyme sprigs, sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed, white pearl onions or 25 shallots, olive oil, salt, pepper

pork leg, onions, potatoes, granny smith apples, button mushrooms (halved ), tomatoes, in slices, butter, white wine (sweetish), whole cinnamon stick, cooked rice , seperately (flavoured if desired), stock (made up of 4 chicken cubes, 2 beef cubes and salt, pepper and 2 tsp of sugar according to taste)

chicken pieces (pref. a wheel with 4 thighs and 4 drumsticks), canola oil, onion, potatoes, mixed vegetables (variously called potjiekos mix here, or casserole vegetables ... or whatever. these are ready-to), string bean (green beans, chopped, bought ready-prepared at supermarket), sugar, ketchup, worcestershire sauce, seasoning salt (we use aromat), black pepper, coarse, vegetable stock (the granular type from a tin), water, hot pepper salsa (actually garlic-chilli sauce, available readily in sa and always in my condiments cupboard), chopped fresh rosemary or fresh thyme or garlic or dried herbs, from my spice drawer