For Saffas braaing in Australia
Same fire. Wrong continent.
Braaimate helps South Africans in Australia find their ingredients, translate their recipes and keep the fire going. There are roughly 224,000 of us here. Somebody had to sort out the Tennis biscuit situation.
Substitutions
The pantry translator.
You miss
Maizena
You buy
Cornflour
Same plant, same job, different label. The easy one.
You miss
Caramel Treat
You buy
Nestlé Top ‘n Fill
Close enough for a fridge tart. We tested it so your ouma never finds out.
You miss
Tennis biscuits
You buy
Arnott’s Nice biscuits
The expat consensus pick, coconut biscuit for coconut biscuit. Add toasted coconut for a truer crumb; our taste test digs deeper.
Miss it. Swap it. Braai it.
Miss it.
It starts small. A craving for melktert on a Tuesday. A rugby match that needs biltong. A recipe from home that assumes shops you no longer live near.
Swap it.
We map the South African pantry to Coles and Woolworths shelves, aisle by aisle. What has a true equivalent, what needs a workaround, and what you simply order from the SA shops.
Braai it.
Recipes adapted to Australian meat cuts, fuels and fire rules. Because a braai in a total fire ban zone is a different beast, and we have written the guide for that too.
The latest
Fresh off the grid.
Guide
The potjie pot guide for Australia
Which size to buy, how it differs from a camp oven, and where to actually find one in Australia.
Directory
South African shops in Australia: the state-by-state directory
Every biltong maker, deli and grocer you can walk into, state by state, verified July 2026. Ring ahead for the koeksisters.
Recipe
Braaibroodjies with Australian ingredients
The toasted sandwich that outranks the meat. Every ingredient from your local Woolworths, chutney included.
The biltong project
Making biltong in Australia. The whole story.
Which cuts to ask your butcher for. Why Queensland humidity ruins batches and what to do about it. White mould versus green mould, and when to bin the lot. One hub, every answer, written by people who have lost biltong to a Brisbane summer.