Your ticket to a world of cuisines
Phil Lempert
When it comes to food, your local supermarket is your free passport to the world. 'Today' food editor Phil Lempert offers you a special view
South African
South African cuisine is mainly influenced by two things: The practices of indigenous peoples (the Khoisan, Xhosa- and Sotho-speakers), and the settler practices from the colonial period (the Afrikaner and British and their slaves and servants — from Malaysia and Java, as well as neighboring colonialists like the Portuguese of Mozambique). African bird's-eye chili, also called piri-piri, peri-peri or peli-peli, in various Portuguese and African languages is a pepper used in sauces and marinades for roasting and grilling.
Peri Peri Sauces: A heat that can only be found in Southern Africa. These traditional Nando's Peri-Peri Sauces deliver flavor first and then a warming afterglow! Use Nando's Peri-Peri as a condiment on your favorite prepared foods - or marinate your butterfly-cut flame-grilled chicken for that addictive Nando's taste. A characteristic of the Peri-Peri chili is that the heat creeps up on you, thus allowing you to first enjoy the taste and then ex-peri-peri-ence the African glow. Peri-peri grinders retail for $5.49 while sauces are $3.79. www.nandosusa.com
