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Bunny chow

Half a white loaf hollowed out and filled with lamb curry.

4 servings · 120 minutes (estimated)

Bunny chow
Photo: Luke Comins · CC BY-SA 3.0 · image source

Ingredients

Quantities for 4 servings.

  • 900 g Lamb, on the bone, in pieces
  • 2 piece White loaf, loaves
  • 3 piece Onions
  • 4 piece Tomatoes
  • 3 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
  • 4 tbsp Durban curry powder
  • 15 piece Curry leaves
  • 1 piece Cinnamon stick
  • 4 piece Cardamom pods
  • 400 g Potatoes
  • 80 ml Vegetable oil
  • 200 g Carrot salad, to serve
  • to taste Salt

Method

  1. Fry the onion in oil until deep gold and add the cinnamon, cardamom and curry leaves.
  2. Stir in the ginger garlic paste and the curry powder and cook them two minutes.
  3. Add the lamb and brown it, turning it through the spices.
  4. Add the chopped tomatoes, season and stew covered for an hour on a low heat.
  5. Add the potato in large pieces and stew twenty-five minutes more.
  6. Uncover and reduce the sauce until a spoon leaves a trail in it.
  7. Halve the loaves, pull out the crumb, fill them with the curry and set the crumb on top.
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