Heritage day dishes

Heritage Day dishes: What are you cooking? Image: Adobe. Stock.

Do you have a winning potjiekos recipe? R1000 up for grabs!

Light a fire, grab your apron and get your potjie cooking. Show us your best shot at the ultimate potjiekos cookoff!

Heritage day dishes

Heritage Day dishes: What are you cooking? Image: Adobe. Stock.

Are you a potjiekos veteran? Few things in life are as satisfying as sitting around a campfire with the aroma of a tried and tested potjiekos recipe lingering in the air.

Love a challenge? Showcase your potjiekos cooking skills in our ultimate potjiekos cookoff competition. After all, seeing a black potjie on a crackling fire makes most South Africans’ hearts beat a bit faster.

Potjiekos is proudly South African and traditionally cooked in a round, cast iron, three-legged cauldron. It is a delicious, slow-cooked dish consisting of meat and vegetables all cooked in one pot.

Ready to get that potjiekos bubbling?

How can I enter the potjiekos recipe competition?

  • Complete our potjiekos recipe competition form below.
  • The competition starts on Wednesday, 12 May and ends on Wednesday, 30 June.
  • Each potjiekos recipe submitted and published in terms of this competition will be awarded R100.
  • There are two requirements to be crowned as our potjiekos king or queen and walk away with R1000:
    1. Your recipe must receive more views than any other potjiekos competition recipe submitted according to Google Analytics between 12 May and 5 July.
    2. Your recipe must also receive more than 5000 views between 12 May and 5 July.
  • Therefore, make sure you get your friends and family members to share your recipe published on TheSouthAfrican.com on social media as many times as possible to increase traction.
  • Take at least two high-resolution photos of your completed dish. Capturing the most appetising images will attract readers to your recipe.
  • After completing the form below, please email the photos of your prepared dish to dirnise@thesouthafrican.com
  • Check the full terms and conditions at the end of the form.

Complete our potjiekos recipe competition form below:

  • Make sure to complete all fields.
  • Be meticulous and specific when listing measurements, ingredients and the preparation method. If the recipe is unclear, we will not be able to publish it.
  • Double-check that your personal details have been completed correctly for us to be able to respond to you.

Good luck and let’s start cooking!