Simple Way to Make Ultimate H's South African Bobotie

H's South African Bobotie. South African bobotie is a meatloaf that is covered with a mixture of milk and egg that forms a custard crust. The dish is traditionally served with basmati rice, but also with chutney or sambal, the Indonesian condiment made of chili peppers. This dish is very simple to make and is prepared with easy to find ingredients.

Bobotie is a South African casserole with a curried ground beef at the bottom, and a thin layer of egg custard on top. This South African original is similar to meatloaf, but so much better. A slightly sweet curry flavors ground beef with a milk and egg custard on top.

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South African bobotie is a meatloaf that is covered with a mixture of milk and egg that forms a custard crust. The dish is traditionally served with basmati rice, but also with chutney or sambal, the Indonesian condiment made of chili peppers. This dish is very simple to make and is prepared with easy to find ingredients.

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook h's south african bobotie using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make H's South African Bobotie:

1. {Make ready of Bobotie mixture.
2. {Take 500 grams of lamb mince.
3. {Get 2 of onions chopped.
4. {Prepare 60 ml of butter.
5. {Get 1 of sliced bread.
6. {Get 125 ml of beef stock.
7. {Get 15 ml of garlic and ginger paste.
8. {Make ready 15 ml of apricot jam.
9. {Prepare 2 clove of garlic crushed.
10. {Get 1 small of apple grated.
11. {Prepare 15 ml of curry powder.
12. {Get 5 ml of mixed herbs.
13. {Get 5 ml of tumeric.
14. {Take 15 ml of fresh lemon juice.
15. {Take 125 ml of chopped dried apricots and raisins.
16. {Prepare 1 of salt and pepper.
17. {Get of Topping.
18. {Take 250 ml of sour cream.
19. {Make ready 2 of eggs.
20. {Prepare 6 of bay leaves.

While the bobotie bakes, whisk together the reserved milk, egg, and a pinch of salt. Pour over top of the dish. Lay the bay leaf onto the top of the milk mixture. Bobotie is different than what I would consider American shepherds pie or meatloaf in that it has influences from India.

Instructions to make H's South African Bobotie:

1. preheat the oven to 180°F Celsius.
2. in a frying pan on top of the stove, brown the mince well in a little oil, breaking it up with the back of a fork as it is Browning.
3. remove and set aside.
4. Saute the onion in butter until glassy. remove from heat and return the meat.
5. remove crust from bread and soak in stock. work the bread into mince mixture ensuring that there are no lumps of bread.
6. add the rest of the ingredients in main list and mix well to taste transfer mince mixture to a casserole dish..
7. mix all topping ingredients except the bay leaves and pour over meat.
8. push bay leaves into mixture.
9. bake uncovered for 30 to 40 minutes or until topping is brown and set.

You see, South Africa was ruled by Great Britain and so was India. As a result, the British brought Indians to South Africa to do heavy, slave labor. They also brought the flavors of India. South African Bobotie is a cross between a meatloaf and keema (curried mince). The flavours are influenced by the tastes of the Cape Malay cuisine which straddle Indonesia, Malaysian, East African and Dutch cuisines.

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