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(upbeat music) - Lemme just throw in this potato, so. - Okay. - Love it! (upbeat music) - What I loved about growing up in South Africa, was the cultural diversity that I was exposed to. - South Africa in the whole, Durban is dubbed as the food mecca. - Hi, I'm Pamela Drew. - I'm Wendy Drew. - And I am the Executive Chef and Co-owner of Amawele's South African cuisine. - I am the Sous Chef and Co-founder of Amawele's South African cuisine. - I'm Nadia Drew Loretta, the mom. - Wow, you were nice and skinny. - Look at this. - Wow, Wendy. Look at you. - My memory of my mom's cooking. I can't remember what age I was, maybe about six or seven. I was smelling this beautiful aroma in the house. And I'm like, "Oh my goodness, this is amazing." I mean, she was just sauteing onions and - And garlic - And garlic I'm like, "I'm so hungry right now." - I loved cooking, but I was horrible.
- Yes. - At first. Because I never followed recipes. I just wanted to do my own thing. It was always in my head, I just needed to put it into a pot. I was like a mad scientist in the kitchen trynna create this specific dish without looking at the formula. - It's nice. Everything is balanced nicely. It's spicy. Salt. Its excellent. (laughs cheerfully) - So, we specialize in Durban style cooking. Because we've got the highest concentration of Indians outside of India. Our influence is more Indian. - Yeah. - It's way more savory (upbeat music) - Like a Bunny Chow, for example. The bread that we use, Its got the semi-sweetness and the Curry, got the savory flavor.
And then of course, it's going to go with a side of pickling. So you've got these three different- - flavor profiles - Yes and it's just such an amazing combination. So, the best part of a bunny is using the crust because it acts as a bowl. We're just gonna hollow it out and - Stuff it with curry. - So the bread was used to actually keep contain the curry during apartheid. Right, and then they'll just put it over and then wrap it in newspaper. So, Pam and I make a post-apartheid Bunny Chow. So, everything is gonna overflow. Some South Africans still make the Bunny Chow the way it used to be made. Yeah. And you're gonna garnish with your raw chutney and there you have it.
- Perfect. (upbeat music) - Okay. I discovered Eclectic Cookery through Craigslist. I was in search for a a place where we could start off Amawele's South African kitchen. It has to be a balance and we're kind of looking for a kitchen that we could rent out. - Okay. - So the inspiration to the Peri Peri Sauce happened because, I mistakenly forgot the original sauce that was made to go into a sandwich that we were selling downtown.
And, so we started running around thinking "what are we going to do?" (upbeat music) - So I came across peppers and I'm like, "Pam, just make Peri Peri sauce." So we have, Bird's eye, Habanero and Thai chillies. So you could use the Peri Peri hot sauce as an Aioli. So, all you do is, mix a teaspoon of that with the mayonnaise. And it's super delicious as a sandwich spread. Or, you could use the Peri Peri sauce, for barbecue. So you can take your favorite barbecue sauce, and just kind of mix it with the Peri Peri, and you will get a nice spicy, barbecue sauce The way we are coping with COVID-19, hasn't been an easy journey. And eventually, we had to like restructure our business. And, part of our restructure program was to reopen our online subscription platform.
- Yay. (upbeat music) - So, we import our leaves from South Africa of course. The Rooibos leaf, can only be grown in the Cedeberg Mountains of Cape Town. You can't even grow it anywhere else In South Africa. It has to be, the Cedeberg Mountains. - So, that We're gonna pour that. - And this was a beautiful story, I'm like, "Oh my goodness, we are South Africans, and we can create an original drink that represents South Africa." All right-y That is finished version of Amawele's Rooibos Refreshers.
It just makes sense, the leaves doesn't grow anywhere in the world except our home country. (upbeat music) (cheerfully laughs).
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