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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Bunny Chow (a South African curry)


No this recipe is not made from rabbit, it is the name of a dish that my sister-in-law tried when she recently travelled around the southern parts of Africa. There does not seem to be one excepted theory to the origin of the dish. One idea suggests it was an easy way to serve the excluded people out of a restaurant window as no plate was required, you simply just hold the bread loaf as a bowl and eat with your hands. 
So last night for dinner I attempted to recreate this dish for my lovely sister-in-law. I used this recipe, opting to make it with beef.


The recipe was a reasonably straight forward curry with loads of spices being fried with onion before adding tomato and beef. This is then simmered for a while and then add the potatoes. I made a few changes as apparently the curry tasted in Africa was sweet so I added some palm sugar and a tin of light coconut milk. I also added carrots and green beans.


It was really delicious, I was surprised at how well it went with the classic white bread. It was a interesting tasting curry that obviously had Indian origins but yet was different. 
And yes my guests loved it.


11 comments:

  1. I think I saw that dish in the menu in African Feeling (Newtown). Looks good, although I can't say I'm thrilled by the idea of eating it out of commercial white bread :)

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  2. Poor bunny's! A restaurant in Baulkham Hills does this type of food (it's called Durban Dish)...I really want to check it out.

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  3. I love the sound of this and how it's served right in the bread! So neat!

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  4. So happy that there's no actual bunny in the recipe...haha..I find the list of spices very interesting and the way it's served very original..I'll stick to the beef,too..Enjoy the week!

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  5. a delicious dinner AND no dishes = AWESOME!

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  6. Wow and it's served in a hollowed out loaf of bread? Now that's got to be exciting in itself! Can you use other bread but still be authentic?

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  7. I was about to ask the same thing Lorraine! For some reason the idea of so much white bread makes me feel guilty, lol. Looks intriguing though :)

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  8. Very original idea!Well done,dear!

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  9. Great idea! I love the bread "bowl"! It sounds (and looks) delicious!!!

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  10. Very interesting way of serving it :-).

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