Bobotie

A popular South African dish, like a meat curry baked with an egg and milk top.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons ginger (ginger powder)
2 tablespoons brown sugar (dark brown sugar)
1 tablespoon curry (curry powder)
1 tablespoon turmeric (powder)
2 teaspoons salt (or to taste)
2 tablespoons butter (or margarine)
5 onion (peeled and chopped)
2 slices bread (soaked in water, white bread)
2 pounds beef (ground meat)
1⁄2 cup raisin (seedless)
4 tablespoons chutney (fruit chutney)
2 tablespoons jam (level, apricot jam)
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 1⁄2 cups milk
2 egg (lightly beaten)
  bay leaf (fresh, for decoration)

Instructions

In a heavy bottom pot put the ginger, sugar, curry powder, tumeric and salt, heating it without burning the contents.

Incorporate the butter, whilst stirring, until melted.

Add the onions until translucent.

Squeeze the water out of the bread and mix it with the beef, rasins, chutney, jam, vinegar, Worcester sauce and tomato paste, then add the mix to the pot.

Cook for 20 minutes stirring constantly.

Preheat the oven to 350º F and grease an ovenproof dish with cooking spray.

Pour the contents of the pot onto the overnproof dish.

Beat the milk with the eggs then pour on top of the meat mixture and garnish with bay leaves.

Cook in the oven for 45 minutes.

Yield
4 servings
Preparation time 15 minutes
Cooking time 1 hour, 15 minutes
Total time
1 hour, 30 minutes

Notes

You can substitute ground beef with ground lamb, or pork can also be used.

Substitute bay leaves with fresh lemon or lime leaves.

Source

South African cuisine

challenging, oven
meat, dinner
South African food recipes
Food in Africa