Ingredients

• 1 medium onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 piece of ginger as thick as a thumb
• Chilli
• 1 tablespoonful of curry powder
• 1 teaspoon of curcuma
• 1 teaspoon of Cumin
• 1 teaspoon of cinnammon
• 1 kg mixed minced meat
• I cup of mango or apricot chutney
• 5 slices of white bread without crust, cut into cubes
• 1 cup of milk
• 4 medium eggs
• 1 laurel leaf

Instructions

1. Fry the onion until glassy, add the garlic, ginger and chilli
2. Shortly warm up the spices in a separate pan and then add to the onion mixture
3. Now add the minced meat, brown it for flavour and then add the chutney to the mixture. Let it cook for about 30 minutes.
4. Place the bread cubes into milk and soak them until mushy. Squeeze the milk out of the bread and stir the bread into the Bobotie mixture. Do not throw away the milk.
5. Poor the mixture into a flat pyrex dish
6. Mix the egss with the milk and pour over the pyrex dish. Decorate with a laurel leafBake in the oven for about 30 minutes at 180°C

Yellow rice

1. Cook the rice normally, but add a teaspoon of curcuma and some sugar to the water
2. Serve the rice decorated with pomegranate and sunflower seeds

Sambaal suggestions

These small salads and side-dishes are actually what a good Bobotie is all about. They help to reduce the power of the curry a little.

• Bananas in milk
• Tomatoes and onions in a light vinegrette
• Cucumber with a yoghurt sauce
• Mangos or pineapples with a Thai dressing
• Coconut shavings
• Chutneys
• Carrot salad