Ramadan and Eid recipes Archives

Eid recipes

Eid plaited mince pie

25–30 minutes

Eid recipes

Mango lassi creme brûlée

50 minutes

Ramadan and

Bhajias

15–20 minutes

Chocolate recipes

Spiced dates

Eid recipes

Sweet yellow rice

20 minutes

Afternoon tea

Cheat’s lamingtons and snowballs

Lamb recipes

Lamb curry pie

1 hour 40 minutes

Diwali recipes

Biryani

2 hours

Beef recipes

Tripe-and-trotter curry

4 hours

Afternoon tea

Tweegevrietjies

12 – 15 minutes

Beef recipes

Mavrou

2 hours 15 minutes

Mavrou

Serves 6 – 8

Difficulty Easy

Cooking Time 2 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients

4 T oil
5 onions, finely chopped
2 green peppers, seeded and finely chopped
5 chillies, seeded and chopped
5 cloves
5 bay leaves
5 allspice berries
4 cardamom pods
5 sticks cinnamon sticks
2 kg steak, cut into cubes
8 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 tomatoes, grated
1 T ground cumin
1 T ground coriander
1 T ground black pepper
1 T sugar
salt, to taste

Method

1. In a very large pot, heat the oil and braise the onions, green peppers and chillies with all the whole spices until golden brown, for about 15 minutes.

2. Add the remaining ingredients and braise on a medium to low heat for 2 hours, adding just a little water now and then to prevent burning, and stirring when required.

3. Serve with mashed potatoes or yellow rice and vegetables like carrots, peas, sweetcorn and gem squash.

Extracted with permission from Fatima Sydow - Cape Malay Cooking My story, my heritage. It’s published by Human & Rousseau.

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