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Master Chef
Let the apple get in!
An apple a day keeps the Dr away!
Let the apple get in!
We use Rajah Curry Powder In SA, it's a South African Brand but it's available online in the US. Medium strength is what I go for. I sometimes buy curry powder at the Indian Market. Packo Curry Paste is also good for this recipe.
It's more personal preference than anything else, go for the strength you prefer as long as it's an Indian Curry powder. Malay if you can find.
Wonderful! I'll look for the Rajah Curry Powder. My favorite curry powder is McCormick's Hot Madras Curry Powder. I'll try it in your recipe!
Edit: Found it on Amazon! Photo attached.
Lekker Lekker like a crekkerThis is my version of a SA traditional meal. This is a Cape Malay dish It's a curried mince beef bake topped with eggy topping and served with yellow rice.
Hope you guys like it!
1.3 pounds of ground beef
1 large onion thinly sliced
1 apple peeled and grated
Handful of Dried apricots chopped
2 tsps of curry powder
1 tsp of turmeric
1/2 tsp of ground cloves
1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon
1 tsp of crushed garlic
salt and pepper to taste
2 slices of white bread crusts cut off
2 eggs beaten
Milk to soak the bread
Oil for frying
For the topping
2 eggs beaten
1/2 cup of milk
salt
Lemon or bay leaves to garnish
Preheat oven to 325 F
In a pan fry onion and grated apple till lightly browned. Add all the spices, garlic and fry for 2 mins to cook out the spice. Add minced beef and brown slightly.
Remove from heat. Add the chopped apricots and sultanas now if using.
Soak bread in a little milk and crumble into the mince. Mix the beaten egg and bread well with mixture and put the mix in a glass dish or lasagna dish. Even out the mixture and press it firmly into the dish.
For the eggy topping:
2 eggs beaten
Half a cup of milk
salt
Mix milk and egg well add salt to season.
Bake the mix for 30 minutes then remove and pour over the eggy topping and stick a few lemon or bay leaves into the mince mix.
Bake further until eggy topping is set and light golden brown.
Serve with yellow rice, chutney and thin slices of banana. Add a tsp of turmeric when you boil the rice to make it yellow.
Lekker Lekker like a crekker
Yebo Yebo Choty Gotysweet like a lemon! Sharp my china! Ek smaak dit stukkend!
Not at all Luca, I myself am not too fond of fruit in Savoury dishes but this is the traditional method. I often leave the dried fruit out but add the grated apple since it's not added for sweetness but more a texture. The apple is barely noticeable once cooked but I would not leave it out since it reduces the bitter notes of a curry. If preferred you could add a grated carrot instead.