Kota+(Bunny+Chow)

=Kota= Kota, also known as bunny chow, is a fast food dish common in many parts of South Africa. This dish consists of a hallowed out loaf of bread filled with curry. Bunny Chow was created in the 1940s in the Durban Indian community. South Africans believe that migrant Indian workers brought kota to South Africa. Many migrant workers had to work on sugar plantations, this required them to bring their lunches to the fields. The loaf of bread was a easy way for the Indian workers to transport a vegetarian meal. Although kota started off as a vegetarian dish, it can be filled with meats, such as, lamb and chicken. Bunny chow is most commonly served with carrots, chili onion salad. Kota is sold in quarter, half and full loafs. Locals rarely ever use utensils to eat the dish; its most common to eat bunny chow using ones hands. The dish is wrapped in yesterdays newspaper and served. Today, bunny chow is found in small, Indian restaurants in South Africa. In September, a competition named the Bunny Chow Barometer, allows chefs all over South Africa to compete for top bunny chow chef.

There are several different stories as to how Kota got the nickname, Bunny Chow. One story claims that a restaurant called Kapitan's in Durban, South Africa originated the dish. The owners of the restaurant were of Indian heritage, from a group called the Banias. They skirted some of the Apartheid laws by serving Kota out the back window of the café to excluded people. The dish became known as Banias Chow, later Bunny Chow.