BABOTIE (SOUTH AFRICAN CURRY)

In the spirit of World 2010, this is a simple South African dish for you to try.

Ingredients:

1.5 kg lean minced beef
2 tablespoon of vegetable oil
2 onions (sliced)
1 thick slice of white bread
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon curry powder
1½ tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon freshly grated pepper
¾ teaspoon turmeric
1½ tablespoons malt vinegar
½ cup raisins
2 tablespoons mango chutney
2 bay leaves
2 medium eggs

Preparation:
1. Heat the oil in a saucepan
2. Add the onions and cook until soft. Add minced beef and cook thoroughly.
3. Soak bread in the milk, remove excess milk and then mash the bread. Keep the remaining milk for later use.
4. Add bread, curry powder, sugar, salt, pepper, turmeric, vinegar, raisins, chutney to the beef mixture and cook for a few minutes. Be careful, because the bread can easily burn.
5. Once cooked, spoon the mixture into a baking dish, and place the bay leaves on top. Bake for 50 minutes at 240c.
6. Beat the eggs into the milk mixture and then carefully pour over the beef mixture about 25 minutes before the end of the baking time, this will form a lovely crust on the top.
7. Serve the Babotie with steamed rice and mango chutney