Here is a delicious bobotie recipe from South Africa, which is a traditional ground beef dish originating in Malaysia. Now you can make your own from scratch. Enjoy!

The Bobotie Recipe

Bobotie Recipe

Janet Thorne

A traditional Cape-Malay recipe from South Africa.

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Course Main

Cuisine South African

Ingredients

1 lbs cooked Ground Beef
1 big Onion
1 tbsp Butter
1 slice bread soaked in milk
1 tbsp Curry (paste or powder – I use paste)
½ cup Coconut (not sweet or almonds)
Juice of one lemon
2 tbsp Vinegar
1 tbsp Apricot jam or 1 dessert spoon honey
3 cups Milk
3 Eggs

Instructions

Cook the ground beef with onion in oil or butter.
Add a little salt and pepper and one tablespoon tomato paste for flavor to the ground beef. Also add a little parsley.
In a different pan, fry the onions in butter and add curry – allow to become darker.
Beat the eggs and milk together.
Add lemon juice into curry mixture, then Apricot jam, coconut, bread & vinegar.
Add ground beef and one third of milk & egg mixture.
Bake for ten minutes in pyrex dish uncovered at 325 °F.
Then pour over the balance of milk & egg mixture and leave in oven until brown.

This scrumptious recipe comes from Janet Thorne, and was submitted by Mollie Wing. Thanks to both.

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