bobotie

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 onions, thickly sliced
• 3 cups water, or as needed
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 slice white bread
• 1 cup milk
• 2 pounds lean ground beef
• 1 tablespoon curry powder
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric (optional)
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 3 tablespoons chutney
• 6 almonds
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 4 bay leaves

Recipe

Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 40 mins

Ready Time: 2 hrs 5 mins


• heat water in a saucepan over high heat. bring to a boil and add the onion slices. reduce heat and simmer until the onions appear translucent, 3 to five minutes. remove the onions and finely chop them.
• heat the vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. stir in the onion; cook and stir until the onion has browned slightly.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a 7x11-inch baking dish.
• soak the slice of bread in the milk and gently squeeze out the milk; set the milk aside. crumb the bread into a large mixing bowl. mix bread together with ground beef, curry powder, 1 egg, sugar, salt, black pepper, turmeric, vinegar, chutney, almonds and raisins.
• place the mixture the prepared baking dish. insert the bay leaves into the meat. bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour.
• beat the remaining egg with 3 tablespoons of the drained milk. pour over the meat and bake for another 30 minutes.