Cha Cha Cha! If you want to cook traditional South African or simply try something new, you can’t avoid the spicy Chakalaka. It was created in Johannesburg in the middle of the 20th century as a spice sauce. Traditionally, chakalaka is enjoyed with Mielie Pap, a porridge made from corn flour and water or milk that is eaten with your fingers, but it also goes well with meat, fish and vegetables.

Inspired by the South African vegetable relish, the mixture with its pleasantly spicy heat gives stews, dips, vegetables, meat and fish extravagant flavour nuances.

Usage

There are no limits to your imagination here: Chakalaka as a side always gives a touch of South Africa and is the perfect complement to extraordinary: to vegetarian rice, as a main course with vegetables, meat or fish – or reinterpreted as soup with meatballs and in delicate muffins. The Chakalaka spice mixture is also used outside the classic Chakalaka relish – for example on grilled meat or fish and in vegetable soups.

The chakalaka sauce can be served hot or cold and goes great with fresh bread and stews. Dishes spiced with chakalaka taste particularly good when left for a few hours and then reheated, only then do the ingredients unfold their true aroma.

Taste

Fruity tomatoes and smoked peppers give the Chakalaka spice mixture its typical red color. Cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and cumin beguile the nose with their unique fragrance, chili and ginger give the necessary heat – this spice mixture is rounded off with the finest untreated sea salt and raw cane sugar. Spicy, spicy – and typically African!

Tips

Based on the South African vegetable relish this mixture gives a unique taste with its pleasantly piquant spiciness to stews, dips, vegetables, meat and fish.

Ingredients List

Spices (garlic, paprika, chilli, parsley, shallots, tomato powder, coriander, turmeric, pimenton de la vera (paprika, smoke), ginger, leek, fenugreek, cumin, pepper, root vegetables (parsnip, carrot, CELERY), cinnamon, allspice, cardamom, cloves), untreated sea salt (non-iodised), Demerara raw sugar.

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Storage

Store closed and dry.