Definitions

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  • noun South Africa A kebab. Curried meat on a skewer, cooked over an open flame or on the braai.

Etymologies

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Malay saté: spiced meat on a skewer, through Dutch through Afrikaans.

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Examples

  • Indeed, the Malay-Portuguese words such as bobotie (a curried ground beef and egg custard dish), sosatie (kebabs marinated in a curry mixture) and bredie (slowly cooked stews rich in meat, tomatoes and spices) are integral in our cookery vocabulary.

    FIELD ROAST COOKBOOK STILL IN PROGRESS-- LATEST SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENTS Bryanna Clark Grogan 2009

  • Indeed, the Malay-Portuguese words such as bobotie (a curried ground beef and egg custard dish), sosatie (kebabs marinated in a curry mixture) and bredie (slowly cooked stews rich in meat, tomatoes and spices) are integral in our cookery vocabulary.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2009

  • The ArcelorMittal Newcastle Works staffers made the 2047. 47m long sosatie by dividing it into 50 metre lengths with each section manned by 11 sosatie assemblers, publicist Paula Marais said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • Hannes Liebenberg, who had spent years pondering the perfect design for the couplings between sosatie sections, said Marais.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • Guinness Book of Records with a 2km long braaied sosatie.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • The sosatie, chunks of lamb marinated in mango chutney and spiced with turmeric and tamarind, then skewered on spikes of sugarcane and grilled on the brai (served with stewed green lentils with a hint of curry, cucumber-mint yogurt sauce, and saffron rice), seems like an authentic expression of the best traditions in the amalgam of South African cuisine.

    Readthehook.com - Current Articles 2009

  • Guinness World Records book with a 2km-long braaied sosatie.

    Mail & Guardian Online 2008

  • The idea was the brainchild of the company's human resources manager, Hannes Liebenberg, who had spent years pondering the perfect design for the couplings between sosatie sections, said Marais.

    Mail & Guardian Online 2008

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