garam masala Archives

Curry recipes

Sweetcorn-and-maize meal cake (lagan)

40 minutes

Curry recipes

Canned fish (pilchard) biryani

1½ hours

Beans recipes

Samp-and-beans lamb curry

1½ hours, plus cooking time for samp and beans

Curry recipes

Pofdas with butter chicken filling

20 minutes

Lamb recipes

Cape Malay lamb breyani

1 hour total

Uphuthu nekabishi (dry pap with cabbage stew)

Serves 3

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

For the phuthu:

1 1/4 cups water
1 t salt
300 g maize meal

For the kabishi:

1 onion, finely chopped
1/4 green pepper, finely chopped
1 t curry powder
1 t garam masala
1/4 head cabbage, finely chopped
2 tomatoes, blended
1 t beef stock powder
1 T oil
salt, to taste

Method

1. To make the phutu, bring the water to a boil. Add the salt and half the maize meal and reduce the heat to low. Mix with the back of a wooden spoon, then gradually add the remaining maize meal until the mixture resembles crumbs. Cook for 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes.
2. To make the kabishi, sauté the onion in 1 T oil until soft and light brown. Add the green pepper and cook for 3 minutes. Once the green pepper is soft, add the spices and cook for 2 minutes.
3. Add the cabbage and cook for 10 minutes. Add the blended tomato and stock cube. Cook for a further 10 minutes or until the sauce thickens. Season with salt and serve.

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Photograph: Toby Murphy
Styling: Khanya Mzongwana

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Uphuthu nekabishi (dry pap with cabbage stew)

Uphuthu nekabishi (dry pap with cabbage stew)

Ingredients

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