Photo of the blog owner Bobotie is a popular South African dish. It is a spicy mince dish with a slight curry flavour. This dish has its origins in Indonesia. The name is often mis-pronounced as babootie and hence the name of this site. Read more about Ba-Bootie.

Recipes posted in the Hot Desserts category

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Bread Pudding (Broodpoeding)

25 July 2010 | Hot Desserts | 4 Comments

This is not the normal bread pudding, this one is made with lots and lots of coconut.

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Brown Pudding (Bruinpoeding)

30 June 2010 | Hot Desserts | 13 Comments

My children had never eaten this old fashioned pudding before this. Now that they have, they cannot wait for the next time.

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Pancakes (Pannekoek)

23 June 2010 | Hot Desserts | 4 Comments

When they experienced cold winter evenings the older people always used to say that it is time for a bowl of hot soup and a few pancakes.

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Chocolate Pudding

19 June 2010 | Hot Desserts | 8 Comments

As youngsters my sister and I would always get this pudding as a reward if we excelled at school.

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Melkkos (Snysels)

18 April 2010 | Hot Desserts | 10 Comments

This dish is as South African as they come. This can be served as either a dessert or as a light lunch or supper.

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Rice Pudding

14 March 2010 | Hot Desserts | 6 Comments

A firm favourite in many South African families. A nifty way of using up that left-over rice.

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Tipsy Tart

20 February 2010 | Hot Desserts | No Comments

If you do not enjoy the taste of brandy, this might be the one you need to give a miss.

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Breakfast Pudding

29 December 2009 | Hot Desserts | 2 Comments

Not really fit for breakfast but it is a very nice hot pudding.

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