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#WFD – Creamy Chakalaka Soup with Biltong

Stir in the cream, season to taste and serve in bowls topped with sliced biltong.

POLOKWANE – Chakalaka is a South African vegetable relish, usually spicy, that is traditionally served with bread, pap, samp, stews, or curries.

What’s for Dinner says all the punchy flavours of traditional chakalaka transformed into a heart-warming soup topped with sliced biltong and a swirl of cream.

Ingredients

  1. 30ml sunflower oil
  2. 1 onion, finely chopped
  3. 1 green pepper, finely diced
  4. 10ml crushed garlic
  5. 10ml rajah mild & spicy curry powder
  6. 1.25ml Robertsons Chilli Flakes, grated
  7. 3 carrots, grated
  8. 1 tin (410 g) chopped & peeled tomatoes
  9. 1 750ml sachet water
  10. 1 x KNORR Naturally Tasty Chilli Con Carne Recipe Mix
  11. 1 tin (410 g) baked beans
  12. 60ml cream
  13. 50g sliced moist biltong

Method

  1. Heat oil in a large pot and fry the onion, green pepper and garlic until soft.
  2. Stir in the curry powder and Robertsons Chilli Flakes and allow to fry for 1 – 2 minutes stirring continuously to release the flavour and aroma.
  3. Add the grated carrots and allow to cook for 2 minutes.
  4. Then stir in the tinned tomatoes, water and contents of the sachet of KNORR Naturally Tasty Chilli Con Carne Recipe Mix.
  5. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat and stir in the baked beans and allow to simmer for 15 minutes.
  6. Stir in the cream, season to taste and serve in bowls topped with sliced biltong.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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