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Leftover Ginger Rice Patties Recipe Leftover Ginger Rice Patties Recipe from Chic African is a simple African food recipe to make and share. African fried rice cakes make a delicious snack, are loaded with ginger flavor and ready in less than 30 mins.

Leftover Ginger Rice Patties Recipe


Leftover Ginger Rice Patties are the perfect way to repurpose leftover rice.

Easy Leftover Ginger Rice Patties Recipe


Ingredients

2 large fresh eggs

2 cups of cooked white rice

2 tablespoons of unsalted butter 1 medium chopped tomato

2 teaspoons ground ginger 1 large onion, chopped 1/2 teaspoon ground curry powder

1 chopped hot pepper

Pepper and salt to taste

Oil for frying


Directions

Add all ingredients except one egg into a large bowl and mix well. Form into flat disks the size of a 50-cent piece, beat remaining egg and dip disks into the egg. Fry to a golden brown. Drain on a paper towel and serve warm.


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The simple vegetarian potato pie with a dash of curry and tumeric seasonings mixed with layers of potatoes baked to a buttery softness is good for your body and soul. Here's what you need pie crust, white potatoes, onions, butter, ground curry and turmeric, red pepper and salt and pepper to taste mixed together, smothered with two types of cheese and baked in the oven for 45 minutes. It's just that simple to make.
Vegetarian Curry Potato Pie Smothered With Cheese Recipe

Easy Baked Vegetarian Curry Potato Pie Smothered With Cheese Recipe

Vegetarian Curry Potato Pie Smothered With Cheese Recipe

Delicious filling vegetarian curry potato pie is served as a side dish or a vegetarian main course. Curry spice blend varies greatly depending on the region you live in. Curry also means a spiced sauce cooked with your choice of meats and vegetables. In South Africa, the Afrikaans word for curry is Kerrie, in West Africa Korri is Yoruba for curry and curry is pronounced Inweta, in Nigerian Igbo.

Ingredients and Directions

Ingredients
One 9 inch deep dish prepared pie crust

2 large potatoes cut in cubes

2 medium white minced onions

2 tablespoons of butter

2 teaspoons ground curry

1 teaspoon of red pepper

1 teaspoons of turmeric

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Pepper and salt to taste


Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Slice potatoes and onions, stew with a little water until nearly done, put into a pie-dish, flavor with seasonings, pepper, and salt, and butter. Sprinkle cheese on top. Bake for about 45 minutes or until the filling is set. Eat this pie with green vegetables.

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Senzeni na is a famous South African anti-apartheid song. Senzeni na, a powerful song was frequently sung during funerals and anti-apartheid demonstrations. 

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About the South African Anti‐Apartheid Song

Zulu is the language of the Zulu people. 10 million people speak Zulu, and most of them (95%) live in South Africa.

Senzeni na is a Zulu language South African anti-apartheid song. Apartheid is the Afrikaans name given by the white-ruled South Africa's Nationalist Party in 1948 for the institutionalized system of racial segregation. 

The international community begun to take notice of Apartheid after white South African police opened fire on unarmed black protesters in the town of Sharpeville in 1960, killing 69 people and wounding 186 others. 

Senzeni na, a powerful song was frequently sung during funerals and anti-apartheid demonstrations. Apartheid officially ended in 1994. 

  Senzeni Lyrics and English Translation.

Senzeni na Senzeni na? What have we done?
Sono sethu, ubumyama? Our sin is that we are black?
Sono sethu yinyaniso? Our sin is the truth.
Sibulawayo. They are killing us.
Mayibuye i Africa. Let Africa return.

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African woman farmer

She Feeds Africa

Before sunrise, after sunset, seven days a week — she grows the food that keeps the continent alive.

60–80 % of Africa’s calories come from her hands.
Yet the land, the credit, and the recognition still belong to someone else.

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To every mother of millet and miracles —
thank you.

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