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Follow these five tips to braai chicken perfectly at your next gettogether.

Cookbook author Chantal Lascaris shares her secrets on quick-fix substitute ingredients.

For fool-proof poached eggs, try this technique born out of a restaurant’s need for perfection without any waste. No swirling required!

Here’s how to chop and slice many different types of veggies. From making your snap peas look fancy to prepping and chopping leeks, celery,

Learn many different frosting techniques, from how to create petals to perfecting writing on a cake. Watch the demonstration to level up you

We’ve written previously about why we made the decision to stop printing the Koe’sister magazine and pivot to this premium-access website in

When you butcher your chicken, turkey, duck (or even quail) at home you get the benefit of not only reducing waste and using the carcass for

Make this delicious, ask-for-more pork and apple sausage roll. The recipe is very easy with just a few ingredients.

Medium to well? Well done or rare? It’s one thing to order it in the restaurant, but how do you make the perfect steak to your taste at home

Watch this demonstration of how to peel and devein prawns like a professional.

Watch a professional chef demonstrate how to master the Maillard reaction and sear meat perfectly.

Carmen Siologas explains why you need to remove the gland from a leg of lamb. Plus: watch a butcher demonstrates how to do it yourself.

Which fish do you use for pickled fish? And should you just dust the fish with just flour, or should you use batter? We find out from experi

Watch this demonstration on how to cut onions with the least amount of tears.

From the right type of equipment to the right types of oil, a professional chef explains step-by-step how you can deep fry just about anythi

If you’ve ever shied away from grinding your own whole spices at home, it’s time to put that in the past. This instructional video from an e

Create potato pavé at home: layers of thinly sliced potato are cooked slowly and pressed together overnight to give you a stunning classic.

This versatile sauce can be used as an ingredient in cooking and as a table condiment for grilled meat, or even vegetarian dishes. Chimichur

’n Huiskok deel haar wenke vir die beste manier om volstruissteaks gaar te maak.

How to make a basic choux pastry.

Lyrice Trussel shares how to make smoorsnoek, step by step.

The best cooking methods for pork are frying, grilling or roasting. Read about how to best cook the different cuts of meat.

Probeer Antie Ivy Kinnear se resep vir lekker vetkoek.

This hearty pork salad is a filling and healthy meal.

This very easy pastry makes for a delicious addition to a braai spread, and it is so versatile.

This dish calls for using a potjie over the coals, but but not in the traditional way.

Errieda du Toit maak Chakhokhbili (oftewel gestoofde hoender in tamatie) wat haar toe laat dink aan tamaties.

Use an electronic pressure cooker to build a deep flavour profile into soups and stews in almost half the time of normal stove-top cooking.

Dhal Makhani is a popular North Indian dish and a staple found on the menu at most Indian eateries. This is a simple vegetarian dish.

Lentils are very nutritious and high in protein and so I wanted to make it interesting and a one-pot meal: dhal.

This raisin and dried peach loaf is infused with mixed spice and fresh orange juice.

Hierdie versuikerde vrugte kan gebruik word om gebak mee te versier, of gooi dit in ’n beker water, koeldrank, en mengeldrankies.

We asked several home cooks how they use their naartjie peels in the kitchen.

I made this marmalade on a day I missed my Aunt Gloria dearly. She was the one who taught me how to make marmalade, and I do love a good one

Surita Riffel and three other home cooks share their advice for making the best pot of soup this winter.

Nazila Shalabi shares her butter komvandaan story, and Surita Riffel explains how to make homemade butter.

All families should have a good chicken soup recipe. The nutritional value comes from the broth, which comes from using chicken bones.

One of my favourite dishes is ujeqe (steamed bread) with my mum’s fried cabbage. Hers is the best – fluffy and delicious.

Sister Lavina, one of my late mom’s friends, shared this recipe and taught me how to make it more than 20 years ago.

I learned to make this delicious, spicy, rich chicken-and-corn soup from my favourite aunty, Aunty Minatjie.

This is one of the easiest roti recipes you’ll find.

I spotted a packet of green Moong lentils and a packet of braising spice and decided to make a curry, instead of a normal dhal.

Read on for tips on making oil-free popcorn and a genius hack for stove-top popping.

My pressure cooker is a winner, especially with loadshedding. I made a green bean stew in mine, a dish my mom made so often when I was young

The electric pressure cookers available these days are safer to use than the old-school stovetop ones.

When making jams, atchars, or any type of preserve, always use sterilised jars to store them. This kills any bacteria or mold.

Ek deel graag ons armmansresep vir heerlike roti’s en verduidelik hoe om die roti’s mooi rond te kry.

We ask home cooks how they approach making a curry. As you can imagine - there are many ways to start your curry pot. Let’s find out...

The Wonderbag, a non-electric, proudly South African slow cooker has been a saving grace for many. Especially during loadshedding