Plan a braai
Dishes that cook well together on one fire, with a game plan for when to light up and what goes on when. Add a whole menu to your shopping list in one tap.
A National Braai Day feast
Boerewors, Karoo lamb chops, pap and chakalaka, mielies, braaibroodjies and malva pudding: the full spread for 24 September, timed for a 1 pm lunch.
A classic Saturday braai
Lamb chops, boerewors, pap with chakalaka and braaibroodjies, with banana boats in the last of the coals. The braai most South Africans picture.
A first braai for beginners
Boerewors rolls, braaibroodjies and a make-ahead bean salad, with s'mores to finish. Cheap, forgiving and all on medium and low coals.
A seafood braai
Garlic butter prawns to start, apricot-glazed fish with roosterkoek and cucumber sambal, then caramelised pineapple. A Cape coast braai for six.
A chicken braai for a crowd
Sticky chutney drumsticks, chicken sosaties, buttered mielies and a make-ahead curried noodle salad, with s'mores for the children. Feeds twelve.
A slow Sunday potjie afternoon
A lamb potjie simmered all afternoon, roosterkoek baked beside the pot, sweet-sour beetroot salad and a malva pudding made in the morning.