recipe.exchange

South African Curry and Rice

@arecipe.bsky.social

South African curry and rice is a combination dish of slow-cooked beef mince in a sweet and spicy curry sauce, served with basmati rice.

Total 00:35

Ingredients

  • 15 ml olive oil
  • 1 kg beef mince
  • 2 onions peeled and finely chopped
  • 2 teaspoons crushed garlic
  • 2 cups water
  • 4 large carrots, peeled and chopped fine
  • 3 potatoes, peeled and cubed
  • 20 ml tomato sauce
  • 20 ml white vinegar
  • 30 ml brown sugar
  • 9 teaspoons curry powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 1½ teaspoons flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups fruit chutney (or less, if you want it less saucy)
  • A few sprigs fresh rosemary, chopped

Instructions

  1. 1
    Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic, then cook until translucent, without letting it brown or burn.
  2. 2
    Add the meat and cook until browned.
  3. 3
    Add the water, and bring the mixture to a boil. Boil for 10 minutes.
  4. 4
    Add potatoes and carrots, and boil for another 10 minutes until the carrots and potatoes are softened.
  5. 5
    Combine the tomato sauce, vinegar, sugar, curry powder, turmeric, flour, salt, and chutney in a mixing bowl. Mix it well.
  6. 6
    Stir the sauce into the meat mixture, along with the rosemary. Cook for another 10–15 minutes.
  7. 7
    Serve with the rice, chutney, coconut, and bananas.
Cuisine
African

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:South_African_Curry_and_Rice