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Spatlo (also spelled sphatlo, spathlo and sphatlho) is a South African street food popular in all provinces of South Africa, especially Gauteng. It is also known as a kota or "skhambane".

The spatlo is made from a hollowed out quarter loaf of bread and filled with a variety of ingredients, often potato "slap" chips, sausage, egg, beef patty, cheese, polony and atchar. The name kota, used in areas such as Soweto and Johannesburg, is derived from the English word quarter, referring to the size of the bread loaf used. The name sphatlo is being used in the Pretoria townships of Soshanguve, Atteridgeville and Mamelodi.

Spaza shops sell popular street food, including spatlo. Spaza shops are the backbone of township economy.

Spaza shops that sell this popular street food normally set minimum prices at R 15 ranging to over R 120 depending on the size and ingredients. Consumers are largely scholars and low income individuals, because it is the cheapest alternative to hamburgers. This meal is usually available in every area across the country, rarely not so. Sphatlo is considered a staple junk food in South Africa which goes well with a soft drink, usually a cola.

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-=== '''Spatlo (also spelled sphatlo, spathlo and sphatlho)''' ===
+'''Spatlo''' (also spelled '''sphatlo''', '''{{not a typo|spathlo}}''' and '''sphatlho''') is a South African [[street food]] popular in all [[provinces of South Africa]], especially [[Gauteng]]. It is also known as a ''kota'' or "skhambane".
-Origanilly known as a  kota and first appeard in [[Daveyton]] in the mid to late 60's . A South African beloved carb-loaded and uniquely [[South Africa|South African]] [[street food]] popular in all [[Provinces of South Africa]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=provinces of south africa}}</ref> including [[Gauteng]] Daveyton and the [[Free State (province)|Free State]]. It is made from a hollowed out quarter loaf of bread, filled with a variety of ingredients, often chips, cheese, [[polony]] and [[atchar]]. The name ''kota'', used in such areas as [[Soweto]] and [[Johannesburg]], is derived from the English ''quarter'', referring to the [[bread]] loaf.The name sphatlo used in such area as [[Pretoria]] [[Mamelodi|(Mamelodi)]]  As such, the term may apply to any dish using a quarter loaf of bread, such as [[bunny chow]].
+The spatlo is made from a hollowed out quarter loaf of [[bread]] and filled with a variety of ingredients, often [[French fries|potato "slap" chips]], [[sausage]], [[fried egg|egg]], [[beef patty]], [[cheese]], [[polony]] and [[atchar]]. The name ''kota'', used in areas such as [[Soweto]] and [[Johannesburg]], is derived from the English word ''quarter'', referring to the size of the bread loaf used. The name sphatlo is being used in the [[Pretoria]] [[townships]] of [[Soshanguve]], [[Atteridgeville]] and [[Mamelodi]].
-=== '''Ingredients:''' ===
-* 1 loaf of baked white  bread (not sliced)
-* Fried potato chips (“slap tjips”)
-* French polony (sliced)
-* Cheese (sliced)
-* Shoulder bacon (fried)
-* 1 Russian Sausage (per “Sphatlho”)
-* Mild or Hot Atchar
-* Optional: 1 fried egg (per “Sphatlho”)
-*
+[[Spaza shop]]s sell popular street food, including spatlo. Spaza shops are the backbone of township economy.
-=== '''How to make Spatlo:''' ===
-* Take a quarter of bread and cut out the soft part out into a square and toast it.
-* On the space of the quarter of bread you put  first atchar, add first layer of fried chips followed by your Russian .
-* Then you place polony ,add another layer of fried chips and add shoulder bacon and cheese.
-* Take the small soft piece of bread you had cut out and toasted and place it on top.
+Spaza shops that sell this popular street food normally set minimum prices at {{ZAR|15}} ranging to over {{ZAR|120}} depending on the size and ingredients. Consumers are largely scholars and low income individuals, because it is the cheapest alternative to hamburgers. This meal is usually available in every area across the country, rarely not so. '''Sphatlo''' is considered a staple junk food in South Africa which goes well with a soft drink, usually a [[cola]].
-=== '''Economic benefits''' ===
-[[Spaza shop|Spaza]]'s sell popular street food and spatlo is one of the popular street food. [[Spaza shop|Spaza's]] are the backbone of township economy and vibrancy of it.
-=== '''References''' ===
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-{{reflist}}{{South African cuisine}}
 {{Sandwiches}}
+{{South African cuisine}}
+{{Pretoria}}
+{{Greater Johannesburg|culture}}
+{{food-stub}}
+{{SouthAfrica-stub}}
 [[Category:Gauteng]]
 [[Category:South African cuisine]]
 [[Category:Sandwiches]]
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