Recipe of the day: Tasty Bobotie
Bobotie is a well-known South African dish consisting of spiced minced meat baked with an egg-based topping.
This recipe serves four people.
Ingredients:
• 500g beef, minced
• 2 eggs
• 2 slices white bread, stale with crusts removed
• water
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 2 tablespoons hot water
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons curry powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon garlic, crushed
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
Topping
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup milk
Method:
• Pre heat oven to 160°C.
• Soak bread in water for around 10 minutes, remove and squeeze excess water and tear into small pieces.
• Add 2 eggs to a large bowl and whisk.
• Add mince and mix to combine. Set aside.
• In a large frying pan, heat oil and fry onion until golden in colour.
• Add onion mixture to mince along with crumbled bread, hot water, sugar, lemon juice, curry powder, cloves, garlic, turmeric and salt.
• Mix to combine all ingredients.
• Spoon mixture into a greased, oven proof dish and cook in oven uncovered for 40 minutes, remove from oven.
• Combine topping ingredients and pour over bobotie.
• Place back in oven and cook for another 10 minutes. Or until topping is set.
