Chef Marcus Samuelsson writes: "This dish, known in South Africa as Bunny Chow, was created by Indian immigrants in the city of Durban. It's made with lamb, not rabbit, so the name is a bit misleading ...

Plenty of tomato, a fiery red hue, generous with the chillies, simple cooking oil rather than coconut oil or ghee, the essential masala mixed by a Durban spice merchant who knows what she’s doing and ...

Within the humid port city of Durban and its surrounds on South Africa’s palm-tree-lined east coast, a unique style of Indian cuisine has evolved over the course of 158 years. Locals say you can’t ...

We all know of UK?s chicken tikka masala. But here is another, equally popular NRI curry whose popularity cuts across racial lines and whose familiar yet totally different flavours may rev up your ...

Durban Mutton Curry is a fiery, flavour-packed dish rooted in South African-Indian tradition. Image credit: Spier A good Durban Mutton Curry is characterised by its fiery heat, higher oil content, ...

I had such a great reaction to my recipe for Chakalaka a few weeks back, that I decided to work on another Indian-inspired South African dish for this week’s column, a chicken curry from Durban.

I was once, briefly, a beneficiary of the “dop system” of the old Cape Winelands. It was November 1992 and I had spent some months working with the Platters at their then Stellenbosch home of Delaire, ...

How do you even describe curry? Flavorful, aromatic, rich, creamy and perhaps spicy come to mind. But while those who are familiar with curry have vague ideas of what it is, curry is such a broad ...

Indian cuisine is not just about the heat of a curry, but is in fact about the flavours and character that filter through every bite. Ranked in the Top 10 of the world’s best foods, Indian cuisine is ...