the spice is right: Southern African potjiekos

This dish (pronounced poy-key-kose) is another variation of slow cooked stew, the fruits, nuts and spices adding a bit more flavour than what you may find in the West.

It is named after the three-legged iron potjie pot, originating in South Africa, but popular today in most of the southern countries. The pot retains a lot of heat, ideal for low maintenance cooking over a number of hours.

Every restaurant and home has their own recipe, most of them today using prepackaged spice mixes for this dish. You could do it with any type of curry spice, but when creating it for a restaurant in Namibia, the chef and I made this house recipe from scratch.