Ma Fas Bobotie
From urkyle 16 years ago
- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 6
This traditional Cape Malay dish has a very pleasingly spiced, slightly sweet taste, with a very light curry flavour. The aromas and tastes of this dish bring back some very fond and pleasant memories, when I read through the ingredients now each one seems to have a story behind it. Read more A well chilled semi sweet rose goes well with this dish See less
Ingredients
- (South Africa worked in imperial lbs and oz in those days) shopping list
- 2¼ lb [1 kg] minced meat [ground beef] shopping list
- 2 tablespoons (25 ml) butter shopping list
- 1 large onion shopping list
- 1 thick slice bread shopping list
- 1 cup (250 ml) milk shopping list
- 1 tablespoon (12.5 ml) apricot jam shopping list
- 2 heaped tablespoons (30 ml) curry powder shopping list
- 4 tablespoons (50 ml) lemon juice shopping list
- ¼ cup (75 g) seedless raisins shopping list
- 10 sun dried apricots shopping list
- 12 almonds nuts, quartered shopping list
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) salt shopping list
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) pepper shopping list
- 6 lemon leaves shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
How to make it
- Sauté the onions in butter. Soak the bread in half the milk. Mix all the ingredients except the eggs, the remainder of the milk and the lemon leaves. Spoon into a casserole spread evenly and press in the lemon leaves. Beat the milk and eggs and pour over the meat. Bake in a medium oven 350 [ºF] (180ºC), for about 45 minutes. Serve with rice, chutney, chopped nuts.
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Nice touch
elgourmand
in Apia loved it
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Lovely recipe and wonderful memories. Thank you for sharing.
notyourmomma
in South St. Petersburg loved it
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I always fancied making bobotie, I love curry flavours. How do you fancy being cooking buddies?
Look forward to seeing more of your recipes!
Susan
sitbynellie
in Glasgow loved it
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