Traditional Bobotie with yellow rice, sambal, chakalaka chutney and raita and served with treacle tart


Traditional Bobotie with yellow rice, sambal, chakalaka chutney and raita and served with treacle tart
Traditional Bobotie with yellow rice, sambal, chakalaka chutney and raita and served with treacle tart
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Servings Prep Time
6-8 people 30 minutes
Cook Time
1 hour
Servings Prep Time
6-8 people 30 minutes
Cook Time
1 hour
Traditional Bobotie with yellow rice, sambal, chakalaka chutney and raita and served with treacle tart
Traditional Bobotie with yellow rice, sambal, chakalaka chutney and raita and served with treacle tart
Print Recipe
Servings Prep Time
6-8 people 30 minutes
Cook Time
1 hour
Servings Prep Time
6-8 people 30 minutes
Cook Time
1 hour
Ingredients
Bobotie
  • 1/4 cup Full cream milk
  • 2 slices SASKO premium white bread, crusts cut off
  • 30 ml olive oil
  • 10 ml Butter
  • 500 grams Lean beef mince
  • 3 Onions, chopped
  • 4 Garlic cloves, peeled and grated
  • 2 apples, peeled and grated
  • 45 ml Pakco curry powder
  • 15 ml ground coriander seeds
  • 5 ml cumin seeds
  • 3 Cardamom Pods
  • 5 ml Hinds ground ginger
  • 5 ml Hinds ground cinnamon
  • 15 ml Hinds turmeric
  • 30 ml Rhodes apricot jam
  • 15 ml lemon juice
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Handful of coriander, chopped
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup thick sour cream
  • 2,5 ml salt
  • 4 lemon leaves
Yellow rice
  • 2 cups basmati rice
  • 10 ml Hinds ground turmeric
  • 15 ml Hinds spice for rice
  • 5 ml salt
Sambal
  • 1 red onion, peeled and chopped
  • 200 grams cherry tomatoes, chopped
  • A handful of fresh coriander, chopped
  • 10 ml sugar
  • 10 ml White wine vinegar
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Raita
  • 1/2 Cucumber, deseeded and chopped
  • 1 1/2 cup double cream plain yogurt
  • 2 Garlic cloves, peeled and grated
  • A handful of fresh mint, chopped
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Chakalaka chutney
  • 1 tin Rhodes mild and spicy chakalaka
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup White wine vinegar
  • 1/2 cup water
Treacle tart
  • 1 packet Magpie shortcrust pastry
  • 2 large eggs
  • 400 grams golden syrup
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • 5 ml Hinds ground ginger
  • 1/2 loaf SASKO premium brown bread
  • Some vanilla ice cream to serve
Instructions
Bobotie
  1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
  2. Soak the bread slices in the milk.
  3. Heat the olive oil and butter in a large saucepan and add onion and garlic. Saute until brown.
  4. Toast the cumin and coriander seeds and grind with the cardamom pods in a mortar and pestle.
  5. Add all the spices and apricot jam and cook for 5 minutes.
  6. Remove from the pot and add the minced meat. Cook until brown.
  7. Add the onion mix back into the pot with the grated apple, lemon juice and coriander. Cook for 5 minutes then pour into an oven-to-table dish. Let cool slightly while you make the topping.
  8. Beat the eggs and sour cream together and season to taste.
  9. Pour over the meat and top with the lemon leaves.
  10. Bake the bobotie for 40 minutes or until golden brown.
Yellow rice
  1. Bring a pot of water to a rolling boil and add the salt, turmeric and spice for rice.
  2. Add the rice and boil for 20-25 minutes or until cooked. Strain. Serve hot!
Sambal
  1. Mix all the ingredients together and place in the fridge for at least an hour before serving.
Raita
  1. Mix all the ingredients together and place in the fridge at least an hour before serving.
Chakalaka chutney
  1. Place the chakalaka, sugar, vinegar and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
  2. Simmer for approx. 30 minutes or until thick and sticky.
Treacle tart
  1. Line a tart tin with the pastry and prick with a fork.
  2. Bake for 10 minutes on 180 degrees Celsius. Cool down.
  3. Mix the eggs, syrup, lemon zest and ginger together and keep aside.
  4. Place the bread into a food processor and blend until it forms fine crumbs. You can also dry out the bread to make it easier.
  5. Add the breadcrumbs to the egg mix and mix through.
  6. Pour the mix into the baked pastry shell and place back into the oven for approx. 20 minutes or until set.
  7. Enjoy with vanilla ice cream.