South Africa

Bobotie

Name: Bobotie
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Cape Malay
Ingredients: 600 g lamb or beef mince minced mutton (goat mince, ground goat); 2 chopped onion; 3 cloves garlic; 1 tbsp curry powder; 1/2 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 1 thick slice white bread; 1 cup milk; 3 tbsp sweet fruit chutney; 2 tbsp raisins; 2 tbsp flaked almonds; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 2 egg; 4 bay leaf (indian bay leaf); 1 1/2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); Salt, to taste

Curried mince baked under a golden egg custard. Cape Town's sweet, spiced, comforting classic.

75 minTime

25 gProtein each

mildSpice

The Cape Malay bake2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCurried mince with fruit, under an egg custard.

The original

349kcalsame

25 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

75minutessame

Classic bobotie.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Minced mutton (goat mince, ground goat)600 g lamb or beef mince

Onion2, chopped

Garlic3 cloves

Curry powder1 tbsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp

White bread1 thick slice

Milk1 cup

Sweet fruit chutney3 tbsp

Raisins2 tbsp

Almonds2 tbsp, flaked

Lemon juice1 tbsp

Egg2

Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)4

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1½ tbsp

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Soak the bread in half the milk. Fry onion and garlic in oil until soft, then add curry powder and turmeric.
2Add the mince and brown. Squeeze the bread, mash in, add chutney, raisins, almonds, lemon and salt.
3Press into a baking dish. Beat the eggs with the rest of the milk and the bread milk, pour over and tuck in bay leaves.
4Bake at 180 C until the topping is set and golden.

Serve it like this

Cut into squares and serve warm with yellow rice, a spoon of chutney and sliced banana or sambal on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

South Africa

Bobotie

Curried mince baked under a golden egg custard. Cape Town's sweet, spiced, comforting classic.

75 minTime

25 gProtein each

mildSpice

The Cape Malay bake2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCurried mince with fruit, under an egg custard.

The original

349kcalsame

25 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

75minutessame

Classic bobotie.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Minced mutton (goat mince, ground goat)600 g lamb or beef mince

Onion2, chopped

Garlic3 cloves

Curry powder1 tbsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp

White bread1 thick slice

Milk1 cup

Sweet fruit chutney3 tbsp

Raisins2 tbsp

Almonds2 tbsp, flaked

Lemon juice1 tbsp

Egg2

Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)4

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1½ tbsp

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Soak the bread in half the milk. Fry onion and garlic in oil until soft, then add curry powder and turmeric.
2Add the mince and brown. Squeeze the bread, mash in, add chutney, raisins, almonds, lemon and salt.
3Press into a baking dish. Beat the eggs with the rest of the milk and the bread milk, pour over and tuck in bay leaves.
4Bake at 180 C until the topping is set and golden.

Serve it like this

Cut into squares and serve warm with yellow rice, a spoon of chutney and sliced banana or sambal on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

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