Bobotie (African meal)....anyone tried it?

[Dave7]

A guy I play golf with lived in South Africa and told me about this......he said it is an amazing meal with fabulous flavours.
Easy to google.
It is a mince and onion based recipe with lots of spices. The topping (which sounds weird) is eggs and milk, mixed and poured over.....then oven baked.
I am going to try it but just wondered if others have enjoyed it (or not enjoyed it).

 

[Heltor Chasca]

It’s lush. Think of lasagne without the pasta sheets. Also think of the size of your average Afrikaner. You will understand after your meal. 87563 kcal per ladle full IIRC.

 

[MikeG]

Afrikaaners do have a habit of exaggerating the quality of their food. They'll whitter on endlessly about how a braai isn't just a barbecue, and will go all dewy-eyed about a poitjie, which is just an over-cooked stew. Tell them that pap (yes, it's really a thing!) is tasteless (it's just polenta) and the sky falls in. Biltong, though........there they may just have a point.

 

[biggs682]

A local pub in Harrold use to do a variety of African food , not sure what the speciality is these days

 

[PK99]

Afrikaaners do have a habit of exaggerating the quality of their food. They'll whitter on endlessly about how a braai isn't just a barbecue, and will go all dewy-eyed about a poitjie, which is just an over-cooked stew. Tell them that pap (yes, it's really a thing!) is tasteless (it's just polenta) and the sky falls in. Biltong, though........there they may just have a point.

A Braai starts from burning wood down to coals not charcoal and is communal cooking over hours preferably with lots of cold Castle while you cook.

Pap/Sadza is made with white corn not yellow/polenta - and remember polenta is tasteless without sauce just as mash potato is tasteless without lashings of butter or gravy, Pap/Sadza needs a beef stew poured over or to dip balls of sadza into.

 

[Julia9054]

Afrikaaners do have a habit of exaggerating the quality of their food. They'll whitter on endlessly about how a braai isn't just a barbecue, and will go all dewy-eyed about a poitjie, which is just an over-cooked stew. Tell them that pap (yes, it's really a thing!) is tasteless (it's just polenta) and the sky falls in. Biltong, though........there they may just have a point.

Friend of mine when we were in Bulawayo made his own biltong and gave us some. We made a stew out of it.
I have never had food poisoning like it. Literally thought I was dying.

 

[Julia9054]

Also mopane worms. You can buy them dried in the supermarket. You are supposed to boil them for ages (which makes the house smell like a 3 day old fart) then fry them and serve with loads of salt and pepper.
They are vile.
I once got all inventive and tried cooking them in a French style cream and white wine sauce.
Still vile.

 

[jefmcg]

which sounds weird

As others have said, it's reminiscent of bechamel (lasagna) sauce. I think it would be very like a lasagne, moussaka or a shepherd's/cottage pie.

How did you get on with the coffee syrups?

 

[MikeG]

A Braai starts from burning wood down to coals not charcoal and is communal cooking over hours preferably with lots of cold Castle while you cook.

Pap/Sadza is made with white corn not yellow/polenta - and remember polenta is tasteless without sauce just as mash potato is tasteless without lashings of butter or gravy, Pap/Sadza needs a beef stew poured over or to dip balls of sadza into.

See what I mean. You make my point for me beautifully!!

 

[MikeG]

Friend of mine when we were in Bulawayo made his own biltong and gave us some. We made a stew out of it......

There's where you went wrong.

 

[Salty seadog]

One of our crew chefs makes it, the typing it's like a quiche texture egg and milk mix. He press sliced potato in it and mild curry spices. I like it.

 

[Julia9054]

My husband got taken to Bulawayo City football club by the same friend that poisoned us with biltong.
We hadn't been over there long and, as they tucked into sadza and stew, Al asked what was in the stew.
Our friend thought about it, trying to come up with a suitable translation.
"Tubes", he said!
Still no bloody idea!

 

[MossCommuter]

I like a BBQ as much as the next person and braai is no different.

Mealie pap is nasty

I never heard of anyone cooking mopane worms; IME they're usually dried and eaten as a snack just like that

I love biltong and droëwors and bobotie is a nice change from musaka or shepherds' pie

 

[jefmcg]

One of our crew chefs makes it, the typing it's like a quiche texture egg and milk mix. He press sliced potato in it and mild curry spices. I like it.

Doh! Of course! It's a crustless quiche.

 

[Julia9054]

I never heard of anyone cooking mopane worms; IME they're usually dried and eaten as a snack just like that

Eaten them like that too. Still vile