What is a bobotie?

Answer 1

Its a South African dish, of like Curry mince stuff with bananas and sometimes raisins in with egg thrown over and put in a casserole dish in the oven. Served over yellow rice. Its a very traditional thing kinda. Hope that answers your question. Oh and by the way,its REALLY good! One of the things I miss from my home country is my mammas bobotie!

Answer 2

Bobotie is a South African dish consisting of spiced, minced meat baked with a custard topping. The recipe probably originates from the Dutch East India Company colonies in Batavia, with the name derived from the Indonesian Bobotok.

It is a dish of some antiquity: it has certainly been known in the Cape of Good Hope since the 17th century, when it was made with a mixture of mutton and pork. Today it is much more likely to be made with beef or lamb, although pork lends the dish extra moistness. Early recipes incorporated ginger, marjoram and lemon rind; the invention of curry powder has simplified the recipe somewhat but the basic concept remains the same. Traditionally, bobotie incorporates dried fruit like raisins or sultanas, but the sweetness that they lend is not to everybody's taste. It is often garnished with peanuts, chutney and bananas


Bobotie
(Beef Pie)


2 ounces butter
1 cup onions, thinly sliced
1 apple, peeled, diced
2 pounds chopped cooked beef
2 bread slices soaked in milk
2 tablespoons curry powder
1/2 cup raisins
2 tablespoons slivered almonds
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
6 bay leaves
1 egg
1/2 cup whole milk


Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the onions and sauté for 5 minutes, then add the apple dice and cook for another minute. Add the chopped beef and combine. Squeeze out the excess milk from the bread slices, then tear up and add to pot. Add the curry powder, raisins, almonds, lemon juice, egg, and turmeric, and stir well.
Place mixture in a greased 9 x 13" baking dish. Place bay leaves vertically in the casserole. Bake at 325 degrees F for 40 minutes, then remove from the oven. Mix together the egg and milk, then pour it over the Bobotie. Bake for 15 more minutes. Remove bay leaves before serving.

Answer 3

Bobotie is a South African dish consisting of spiced, minced meat baked with a custard topping. The recipe probably originates from the Dutch East India Company colonies in Batavia, with the name derived from the Indonesian Bobotok.
It is a dish of some antiquity: it has certainly been known in the Cape of Good Hope since the 17th century, when it was made with a mixture of mutton and pork. Today it is much more likely to be made with beef or lamb, although pork lends the dish extra moistness. Early recipes incorporated ginger, marjoram and lemon rind; the invention of curry powder has simplified the recipe somewhat but the basic concept remains the same. Traditionally, bobotie incorporates dried fruit like raisins or sultanas, but the sweetness that they lend is not to everybody's taste. It is often garnished with peanuts, chutney and bananas.

Answer 4

BOBOTIE


Bobotie came to South Africa via Malaysia, and is a sort of savory bread custard with lots of ground lamb, curry, fruit and nuts. Make sure the ground lamb you use is very, very lean.


2 pounds ground lamb, very lean
2 onions, chopped
2 Granny Smith apples, peeled and chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons curry powder (as hot or mild as you like it)
2 ounces flaked almonds
3 ounces raisins
1 teaspoon mixed dried herbs
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1 tablepsoon wine vinegar
1 tablespoon mango chutney
Salt and pepper to taste
3 slices good white bread
20 fluid ounces milk
3 eggs
Melt the butter in a large skillet, and saute the onions, apples and garlic. Add the curry powder and mix well. Add the lamb (if your lamb is not lean, brown it in a separate pan and pour off teh fat), then add the almonds, raisins, herbs, lemon juice, chutney, vinegar and season to taste.
Soak the bread in the milk until it is saturated, then squeeze out. Add the soaked bread and 1 beaten egg to the meat mixture, and spread in a well-buttered baking dish. Beat the remaining mild with the other 2 eggs, and pour over the meat.

Bake at 375F until mixture is set and the top is lightly brown. Serves 8.

Answer 5

basically its a beef curry from south africa

Answer 6

don't know. would like to know.