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Contributed By: liligirl
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A yummy South African dish! This is one of my favorite meals from growing up. Serve with rice. Some stores will have the chutney in their international section. Or look for a British specialty store.

Ingredients

2 - 2 1/4 poun Ds good quality lean ground beef

2 tablespoons Vegetable oil

2 Peeled and sliced onions

1 Thickish slice of white bread

1 cup Milk

1 tablespoon Medium curry powder - you can also have hot if you wish

1 1/2 tablespoons Sugar

2 teaspoons Salt

Freshly grated pepper (about a half teaspoon)

3/4 teaspoon Turmeric

1 1/2 tablespoons White vinegar

1/2 cup Seedless raisins

2 tablespoons Strong chutney (Mrs balls Mango is the best for this)

2 Bay leaves (or fresh lemon leaves if available)

2 Medium eggs

Preparation

To make Babotie, first preheat the oven to about 180 C (350 F)

Heat the oil in a saucepan add the onions and cook until soft. Add your minced beef and cook through.

During this time, soak your bread in the milk, remove excess milk (not all of it) and then mash the bread with the fork. Keep the milk as you will need it later.

Add your bread, curry powder, sugar, salt, pepper, turmeric, vinegar, raisins, chutney to the beef mixture and cook for a few minutes. Becareful, because of the bread it can easily burn.

Once cooked, spoon the mixture into a baking dish, and place the bay leaves on top. Bake in the oven for about 50 minutes. Meanwhile beat the eggs into the milk mixture and then carefully pour over the beef mixture about 25 minutes before the end of the baking time, this will form a lovely crust on the top.

Serve the Babotie with steamed yellow rice, sliced bananas and extra chutney.

Cook's Notes

Make sure to watch your babotie carefully during the last 15 minutes of cooking. Depending on the size of your dish it may start to burn on the sides.

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