How to pronounce Bokkoms

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈbɔkɔms/. In plain English letters that is BOCK-oms, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Bokkoms?

Bokkoms is a snack of South Africa. Where it comes from: West Coast. People usually eat it as a snack. Its main ingredients are fish. It tastes savory.

Where Bokkoms comes from

Bokkoms is one of 25 signature dishes of South Africa on this map. See all dishes from Western Cape.

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  Bobotie is spiced minced meat baked under a layer of egg and milk, sweet and savoury at once, often with raisins or chutney, and served with yellow rice.

• Koe'sister koesister · Dessert · Western Cape (Cape Malay)

  The koe'sister, or koesister, is a traditional Cape Malay pastry of Cape Town, often described as a spicy dumpling with a cake-like texture.

• Gatsby · Street food · Western Cape

  The Gatsby is a long sandwich from Cape Town: a bread roll split lengthwise and filled with hot slap chips, soft fried potato chips, plus a filling of the buyer's choice.

• Tomato bredie tamatiebredie · Main dish · Western Cape

  Tomato bredie, tamatiebredie in Afrikaans, is a South African stew, normally of mutton, cooked for a very long time with cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, cloves and chilli.

• Waterblommetjiebredie · Main dish · Western Cape

  Waterblommetjiebredie means 'stew of little water flowers' in Afrikaans.

• Sosatie · Main dish · Western Cape

  Sosatie is a traditional South African dish of meat, usually lamb or mutton, cooked on skewers, and it is of Cape Malay origin.

Food of South Africa

Dishes like Bokkoms in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Bokkoms:

• Avgotaracho αυγοτάραχο Μεσολογγίου · Snack · Messolonghi (Western Greece), Greece

  Avgotaracho is salted and dried fish roe, often called the caviar of Greece.

• Bottarga di Cabras butàriga · Snack · Cabras (Sardinia), Italy

  Bottarga is the salted, pressed and dried roe of grey mullet.

• Tapenade · Snack · Marseille (Provence), France

  Tapenade is a Provençal spread of black or green olives, capers, garlic, anchovies and herbs, traditionally pounded in a mortar with olive oil.

• Paprykarz szczeciński · Snack · Szczecin (West Pomerania), Poland

  Paprykarz szczeciński is a canned fish spread from Szczecin, made from ground fish, rice, tomato paste and vegetable oil, seasoned with onion, salt and spices.