Fashioning Modern Africanism

Do you sometimes feel like preparing something quick to serve with either bread or leftover rice? We all have those days that we just need a quick fix after a long day. Here's something to try out this weekend as we continue to keep warm during this long winter. Don't forget to take snaps and tag @NestleSA and @Fashioning_Modern_Africanism  RED LENTIL AND COCONUT DAHL INGREDIENTS   • Olive oil, extra virgin 30 ml • Garlic, fresh, peeled, roughly chopped 20 g • Cumin, dried 12 g • Garam Masala 16 g • Red Lentils, cooked, cooled 800 g • Tomatoes, crushed 300 g • Maggi Chilli Sauce 60 ml • Coconut Milk, low fat 600 g • Salt, fine 2 g METHOD   1. In a heavy bottomed pot, heat the olive oil over a medium heat. 2. Add the garlic and fry for 2-3 minutes. 3. Add the cumin and garam masala and fry until fragrant. 4. Add the lentils and fry for 3-4 minutes. 5. Add the crushed tomatoes, chilli sauce and coconut milk and bring to a slow simmer. 6. Simmer uncov

This week bafwethu, your cookist is taking the kasi flavors into the private school vibes. iKota is a go to meal for every kasi chap when you are hungry and there's nothing to eat ekhaya. We all love a bunny chaw on a cold afternoon chilling na mageng ekasi. Our iKota stories can be different but we all have one! Allow Nestle SA to introduce you to new ways of making ikota - bunny chaw. Please don't forget to take snaps and tag @NestleSouthAfrica & @Fashioning_Modern_Africanism.   INGREDIENTS  For the pickle   • Maggi No oil dressing, Greek 100 ml • Vinegar, white, grape 60 ml • Sugar, granulated 20 g • Cabbage, green, finely sliced 200 g • Cabbage, red, finely sliced 100 g • Onions, white, finely sliced 60 g • Carrots, grated 80 g For the Bunny Chow   • Onions, white, diced 300 g • Garlic, fresh, crushed 10 g • Stewing Mutton, cubed 1200 g • Tomato paste 15 g • Coriander, fresh, chopped 6 g • Turmeric, ground 5 g •

Growing up in a small township popularly known as Biaba, hangei Nzhelele, Rice was only served with fried chicken, gravy, butternut, beetroot and salads _ for some unknown reason salads were usually caleslaw and potato salad. oh yes! Need I metion that was a meal to look forward to only on sundays - hahahaha. The meal is called seven colors. Before you come at me with your several ntoz, I dare you to try making a heartwarming receipe below. Don't forget to share snaps and tag @NestleSA & @Fashioning_Modern_Africanism  VEGETABLE LOADED CHICKEN BIRYANI INGREDIENTS • Rice, basmati 750 g • Olive Oil, extra virgin 40 ml • Onion, white, diced 300 g • Carrots, fresh, diced 100 g • Bay leaf, dried 2 units • Cardamom pods 3 units • Cinnamon, fine 8 g • Turmeric, fine 8 g • Chicken breasts, skinless, boneless, diced 1200 g • Curry paste, medium 100 g • Maggi Chilli Sauce 60 ml • Chicken stock, low sodium 2000 ml • Peas, frozen 80 g • Corn, frozen 80 g • Gree

Hey bafwethu! This year Lady winter came out strong and she's slapping really hard. While the cold front is upon us, we need some winter warmer dishes. Some of you might know that I love the art and science of cooking. Cooking for me is science, the mixture of specific ingredients to get a certain taste. Thats Art bafwethu! Firstly, lemme educate you some more as to why I call myself a cookist. I create my own receipe or add other ingredients onto other people's receipes to create my own _ Cookist. You learned it here, lol.  Nestle came through for your boi with some receipes to try out during this winter. This partnership came at the right time. I've been cooking alot during the lockdown and was starting to run out of the ideas to make eating interesting.  Now lets get into the game of cooking and prepare a warm a chickpea and lamb casserole. This weekend I challenge you to get these ingredients from your nearest grocery store. Nestle SA have these at lower cost. You can s