Bobotjes

Ingredients

• one large onion finely minced
• a tablespoonful of curry powder
• a pound of any cooked meat
• an equal bulk of breadcrumb
• the juice of half a lemon
• a gill of stock
• one egg
• pepper and salt to taste

Method

1. 1

   Fry onion, add curry powder, then mix with minced meat, breadcrumbs, lemon juice, stock, egg, and seasoning.

2. 2

   Cook for five minutes, pour into buttered cups, bake in a water bath for half an hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The "Queen" cookery books: Entrees (1901) by S. Beaty-Pownall, page 66. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Bobotjes. — This is a Malay dish originally, though it is also well known in India and in the Cape. Stir together over the fire one large onion finely minced and fried ; a tablespoonful of curry powder or paste, fried in the pan after the onions ; a pound of any cooked meat finely minced; an equal bulk of breadcrumb soaked in milk, stock, or water, and then squeezed fairly dry ; the juice of half a lemon ; a gill of stock ; one egg ; and pepper and salt to taste

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