Traditional Bobotie
Traditional bobotie and yellow rice: Your auntie’s favourite
A traditional family meal that keeps your heart and soul warm and cosy. A traditional bobotie is a crowd-pleaser any day of the week.
Traditional Bobotie
South Africa isn’t just about eating food from all around the world. We have some incredible local food and we love this one so much. Bobotie is a great South African dish that originated in the Western Cape. It’s the tasty combination of curried beef mince, topped with an egg crust, making a great, unique casserole. Traditional bobotie is a great meal to enjoy with your family any day of the week, especially during the upcoming winter months.
Making your traditional bobotie
When browning the beef mince in the pot, don’t overcrowd it because it will boil. This browning process or maillard reaction gives the mince some great flavour and adds to the whole dish. The recipe is also flavoured with apricot jam and provides some sweetness with the rest of the savoury dish. To make yellow rice, mix in a teaspoon of turmeric with your fluffy white rice.
A traditional family meal that keeps your heart and soul warm and cosy. A traditional bobotie is a crowd-pleaser any day of the week.
Traditional bobotie and yellow rice recipe
Course: DinnerCuisine: GlobalDifficulty: EasyServings
6
servingsPrep time
15
minutesCooking time
25
minutesTotal time
40
minutesYou simply must try this the time-honoured South African way, served with sweet potatoes, yellow rice and chutney.
Ingredients
2 2 diced onions
25 ml 25 butter
250 ml 250 milk
1 kg 1 lean beef mince
10 ml 10 salt
1 ml 1 pepper
20 ml 20 mild curry powder
10 ml 10 sugar
12.5 ml 12.5 white vinegar
12.5 ml 12.5 apricot jam
3 3 eggs
1 tsp 1 turmeric
3 tbsp 3 chutney
2 slices 2 white bread
Method
- Soak the bread in the milk. Squeeze out the milk and put aside.
- In a frying pan melt the butter and fry the onions. Add the mince and brown the meat. Season with salt and pepper.
- Mix the rest of the ingredients together, except one egg.
- Add the wet bread and the apricot mixture to the mince.
- Pour the mixture into a greased oven dish.
- Mix the egg with the milk. Pour over the bobotie.
- Bake for 1 hour at 150°C.
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