Sola wok Archives - Penny Swift

Indoor Potjiekos in a Wok

ByPenny Swift August 14, 2016December 11, 2020

Cooking potjiekos indoors in a wok might sound like a total misnomer, but it’s as easy as cooking pot-food the traditional way, and just as delicious. For the uninitiated, traditional South African outdoor fare, potjiekos (an Afrikaans word) is literally translated as pot (potjie) food (kos), and it is cooked open an open fire in…

Cashew Chicken in a Sola Wok

ByPenny Swift January 23, 2015December 5, 2019

The First Wok-Cooked Meal in My Sola Challenge Though I’ve never been to Thailand, I am totally sold on Thai cooking. I’ve always enjoyed eating Thai food, but the challenge of cooking it only goes back about five years when a friend returned from a holiday in Thailand and shared her experiences gained in a…