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    A taste of Soweto

    Nov 20, 2020 5 minutes
    EDITED BY LARA ATSON

    AWARD-winning author and former editor of True Love magazine Dorah Sitole (67) is celebrating her four decades in the food industry with a new cookbook, Dorah Sitole: 40 Years of Iconic Food. Each chapter focuses on a stage of Dorah’s life, with recipes to match. Here she takes us on a food journey of her childhood years in Soweto.

    SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN

    “Deep-fried crumbed chicken is a must at every township celebration, and is always treated as a speciality!” Dorah says.

    SERVES 4 PREPARATION: 20 MIN COOKING: 20 MIN

    CHICKEN

    375ml (1½c) buttermilk
    2 large eggs
    180g cake wheat flour
    120g dry breadcrumbs
    10ml (2t) spice for chicken
    5ml (1t) smoked paprika
    salt and freshly ground black pepper
    2kg chicken pieces (bone-in)
    750ml (3c) sunflower oil

    MAYO SAUCE

    250ml (1c) mayonnaise5ml (1t) Dijon mustard30ml (2T) finely chopped gherkins15ml (1T) tomato saucesalt and freshly ground3ml (generous ½t) smoked paprika5ml (1t) garlic paste

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