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Ask a South African to name just one dish that evokes the sometimes quirky fusion of indigenous, colonial and immigrant cultures behind this nation’s famous “rainbow cuisine”, and surely bunny chow would be there near the tip of her tongue. A spicy curry in a large portion of hollowed-out white loaf, this Durban specialty comprises a filling imported by Indian slaves and their descendants, served in an edible vessel made of an Afrikaans staple, the two happily joined together by necessity. A perfect combination of the exotic and the practical.
The true origins of the “bunny” (no South African would use the full name) are hotly disputed, but one leading theory says it was invented by Durban restaurateurs from an Indian caste known as the Bania, who served it as a takeaway to Indians forbidden by apartheid from dining in. 
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