POLOKWANE – Considered one of South Africa’s traditional dishes, tomato bredie or ‘tamatiebredie’ is an age old classic.
Usually made with mutton, tomato bredie is cooked for a very long time and is seasoned with cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, cloves as well as chilli.
Ingredients
- 45ml oil
- 1 large onion, sliced
- 3ml Robertsons Ground Cloves
- 10ml Robertsons
- chilli, crushed
- 1 Robertsons Cinnamon stick
- 1kg mutton, cubed
- 2 cans tomatoes, chopped (410 g)
- 500ml water
- 4 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered
- 10ml sugar
- 30ml KNORR Brown Onion Soup
Method
- Heat oil and brown the onions. Add Robertsons Ground Cloves, Robertsons Crushed Chilli and Robertsons Cinnamon Stick.
- Add mutton and brown. Add tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add the water and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Add potatoes, sugar, salt and pepper, and simmer for a further 30 minutes.
- Mix the KNORR Brown Onion Soup with a little water to form a smooth paste and stir into the bredie then allow to simmer until thickened.
- Serve with yellow rice.
This recipe was provided by What’s for Dinner.
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