Lamb Chops Braaied the South African Way

Lamb Chops Braaied the South African Way

To Braai is part of the South African culture, and is done on a regular basis by most people. To do this successfully you need a proper fire. The key to a good fire is good wood, that must be dry and form good coals to braai on. I normally use "sekelbos" which is a type of tree that grows in South Africa.

Below I have packed my wood

I then use fire lighters to light the fire as shown below.

Below is a photo showing my fireplace.

While waiting for the fire to burn, I opened a good bottle of red wine. (Normally I drink a beer, but in this case my wife and I had red wine)

The fire is burning brightly

The next essential ingredient for a good braai is good meat. In this case I chose some nice lamb chops.

The meat needs to be prepared before the time, I like to use "Jimmy's sauce", together with some fresh lemon juice from the tree in my garden for marinating the meat,

In the casserole you can see some of the marinated meat.

When the fire is almost burnt out I break and spread the coals to form a nice even fire as shown in the photo below. Just look at the nice sparks!!

The coals are ready for the meat, nice and hot!!

The meat on the coals, looking goooood!!

One more ingredient, "Braai salt" which is a coarse salt, I normally apply it, just after I have turned the meat the first time

When it is done you just dish up and eat. My wife made a nice tomato, cucumber and feta cheese salad to go with the meat.

This is a very simple dish, easy and enjoyable to prepare. You can relax nicely while sipping on the wine and talking to whoever joins you for the braai. Pure bliss !!

Al photos are my own, and was taken with my iPhone.

Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed reading the post. All you need to do now is to start the fire and start to BRAAI