YOUR BINGE PARTY | Catch Safta winners in deadly succession scrabble

My Brother's Keeper S1 (Showmax)

The telenovela tells the story of a family thrown into a deadly succession battle, as Nqubeko, portrayed by Wiseman Mncube, the headstrong and overambitious son of a mistress, breaks the rules of ukungenwa (a traditional custom whereby a widowed woman automatically becomes her brother-in-law's wife) by going after his brother’s widow, Fakazile, played by Zola Nombona.

The star-studded cast also includes Safta winners Mncube (Shaka iLembe, The Wife) and Nombona (Lockdown), as well as rising star Mnqobi Kunene (How to Manifest a Man, Outlaws). 

My Brother's Keeper is produced by Rhythm World Productions, who are also behind massive hits like Sibongile & the Dlaminis and Umkhokha the Curse.

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While you watch snack on a delicious sardines, avo and atchaar toasted sandwich

Ingredients:

• 2 avocados, chopped; Zest and juice of 1 lemon; 30ml (2 tbsp) avocado or olive oil + extra; 30ml (2 tbsp) water; Salt and pepper; ½ x 400g jar atchar; 120g tin sardines, drained; 2 slices bread of your choice, toasted

Method:

• Make the avo mayo by blitzing half of the avocado, 45ml (3 tbsp) of lemon juice, oil and water until smooth. Season with salt.
• Heat the atchaar in a frying pan on medium-high until warmed through.
• Carefully open the sardines and remove the bones, if you like. Add to the pan and spoon over atchaar to warm. Take care not to break the sardines.
• Drizzle the bread with extra oil. Spread with the avo mayo and top with the atchar sardines.
• Combine the remaining avo with the rest of the lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon over the sardines. Scatter with lemon zest.