South African Curried Lamb Casserole With Raisins Almonds Food

SOUTH AFRICAN CURRIED LAMB CASSEROLE WITH RAISINS & ALMONDS

Steps:

• In large skillet, saute the ground lamb, working in batches if necessary to avoid crowding the skillet, until lamb is no longer pink, 3 to 4 minutes per batch.
• As it browns, remove lamb to a colander to drain excess water and fat.
• In a small bowl, soak the bread in 1/4 cup milk for 20 minutes, turning it over occasionally.
• Squeeze excess milk out of bread and then tear it into pieces.
• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• Lightly butter a 13-by-9-by-2-inch glass baking dish.
• In a large skillet, heat the butter.
• Add the onions and saute until softened, about 5 to 8 minutes.
• Add the garlic and curry powder and saute 1 minute.
• Remove from heat.
• In a large bowl, mix together the lamb, onion mixture, raisins, almonds, lemon juice, chutney, salt, pepper and 1 egg, slightly beaten, until all ingredients are evenly distributed.
• Spoon into prepared baking dish.
• Tuck the bay leaves into lamb mixture.
• Bake at 375ºF.
• for 30 minutes.
• In a glass measuring cup, stir together the remaining egg and remaining 3/4 cup milk.
• Pour over lamb mixture.
• Bake until egg mixture is set, about 10 to 15 minutes.
• Remove and discard bay leaves before serving.

SOUTH AFRICAN CURRIED LAMB MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Soak bread crumbs in milk in a small bowl until very soft, about 15 minutes, then drain in a sieve set over a bowl, lightly pressing to remove excess milk. Reserve milk.
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Butter baking dish.
• Cook onions, apple, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in butter in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until onions and apple are softened, about 12 minutes (do not brown). Add raisins, almonds, curry powder, and sugar and cook, stirring, 1 minute, then remove from heat. Lightly beat 1 egg in a large bowl, then add bread crumbs, lamb or beef, raisin mixture, lemon juice and zest, 1 1/4 teaspoons salt, and pepper and blend with your hands until combined well; do not overmix. Spread meat mixture evenly in baking dish and bake 30 minutes.
• While meatloaf bakes, whisk together remaining 2 eggs, reserved milk, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt.
• Pour off excess fat from meatloaf (still in baking dish). Pour egg mixture over meatloaf (much of egg will fill space that has formed around meatloaf), then return to oven and bake until custard is just set, about 15 minutes more.

MINT COUSCOUS WITH RAISINS AND ALMONDS

Steps:

• In a saucepan, add water and tea bags, steep for 10 minutes.
• Remove tea bags; add olive oil, salt and combine until mixed.
• In a large bowl, place couscous and cover with mint tea mixture.
• Cover and let stand about 20 minutes.
• Remove cover and fluff with a fork; add raisins, almonds and fresh mint. Toss well before serving.

BOBOTIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine the bread and milk in a small bowl, and let the bread soak for 10 minutes.
• In a heavy saucepan melt the butter and the oil; then, stir in the onions and cook slowly until they are soft and translucent.
• Add the curry, sugar, salt and pepper, and stir for about 30 seconds.
• Stir in the lamb, and saute until well browned. Add the lemon juice, bring the mixture to a boil and remove from heat.
• Drain the bread, and squeeze to dry it completely, reserving the drained milk.
• Add the bread, one of the eggs, the apple, raisins and almonds to the lamb. Beat the mixture with a wooden spoon until the ingredients are well blended. Taste for seasoning.
• Pack the mixture loosely into an ovenproof baking dish, and tuck the bay leaves underneath.
• Whisk the remaining eggs with the reserved milk until it becomes frothy. Pour this mixture evenly over the meat, and bake in the middle rack of the oven for 30 minutes, until the surface has browned and is firm.
• Serve directly from the pan.

MILD CURRIED LAMB CASSEROLE WITH ALMONDS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Heat a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add oil, then onions and fresh ginger, and season with salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are golden brown and tender, about 15 minutes. (Reduce heat if vegetables brown too quickly.) Mix turmeric, cumin, coriander, cayenne, cinnamon, cardamom, and ground ginger in a small bowl, then stir into onions. Add lamb, and cook, breaking up large pieces with a wooden spoon, until cooked through, about 10 minutes. Stir in almonds, and cook for 2 minutes more.
• Tear bread into large pieces, and place in a small bowl. Add 1/4 cup milk and 3/4 teaspoon salt, and let stand until milk is absorbed. Add bread mixture to lamb, and cook, stirring frequently, until bottom of pan begins to brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in apricot preserves and lemon juice, scraping up browned bits from bottom. Remove from heat, and season with salt and pepper.
• Spoon lamb into a 6-cup baking dish. Whisk eggs, nutmeg, lemon zest, and remaining 1 1/2 cups milk in a medium bowl. Pour over lamb. Place bay leaves in dish, pressing into filling. Bake until custard is set around edges and center is no longer runny, 25 to 30 minutes. Let stand for 15 minutes before serving. Serve with desired accompaniments and rice.

CURRY RICE INDIENNE WITH RAISINS & ALMONDS

Steps:

• Stir together the first 5 ingredients in a saucepan. Cover pan and simmer mixture over low heat until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, saute onion in oil until tender. Add onion and remaining ingredients (except chives) into rice and toss well. Sprinkle top with minced chives.

SOUTH AFRICAN - CURRIED CARROT SALAD

Steps:

• Peel the carrots and slice thinly.
• Cover the slices with water and boil just until soft then drain and set aside until needed.
• Peel and halve the onions and slice thinly then cover the onions with boiling water and leave to stand for 15 minutes, then drain the onions.
• In a large pot add the cooked carrots and onions, white vinegar, sugar, raisins, salt, cloves and black peppercorns and bring to a boil.
• Mix the corn flour and curry powder with 1/2 cup of water.
• Now add the curry mixture to the carrot mixture and let boil for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Spoon the hot curried carrots into clean hot jars and seal immediately.

SOUTH AFRICAN CURRIED EGGS

Steps:

• Heat butter in a saucepan and saute onions gently until just browned.
• Remove from heat. In a small bowl, mix curry powder, flour, salt, pepper and sugar into the vinegar. Incorporate curry mixture into onions and stir, slowly adding the water.
• Simmer continuously for 10-15 minutes.
• Taste for seasoning and adjust accordingly. Arrange halved eggs on a warm dish, and spoon on the curry sauce.

BOBOTIE

Steps:

• Set the oven at 160°C (325°F). Butter a large casserole. Heat butter and oil in a saucepan and fry the onion and garlic until translucent. Stir in the curry powder and turmeric, and cook briefly until fragrant. Remove the pot from the heat.
• Mix in the minced meat. Mix together the crumbs, milk, lemon rind and juice, egg, salt, pepper, apricots, apple, sultanas (golden raisins) and almonds and mix in. Pile into the casserole and level the top. Roll up the leaves and bury them at regular intervals. Seal with foil and bake for 1 1/4 hours. Increase the oven temperature to 200°C (400°F). Mix together the topping milk, eggs and salt (you may require extra topping if you've used a very large casserole), pour over and bake uncovered for a further 15 minutes until cooked and lightly browned. Serve with Yellow Rice and Blatjang .