Recipes Archive

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Tropical coconut rice pudding

25 minutes

Prawns and

Herman’s prawn cocktail

10 minutes

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Icy melon coppa

Biltong recipes

Biltong-stuffed potato croquettes

10 minutes

Chicken recipes

Roast chicken with vinegar sauce

45 minutes

Great value

Creamed spinach pasta

20 minutes

Broccoli recipes

Broccoli-and-cheese waffles

20 minutes

Cheese recipes

Mac-and-cheese cups

30 minutes

Tart recipes

Peppermint Crisp tart

Curry recipes

Egg curry

15 minutes

Egg curry

Serves 4 to 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cooking Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

oil, for sautéing
3 large onions, cut into rings
½ green pepper, cut into strips
2 star anise pods
2 cardamom pods
2 bay leaves
2 cinnamon sticks
1 t cumin seeds
1 T tandoori masala spice
1 T roasted masala
1 T mother-in-law spice mix
3 large tomatoes, peeled and grated
4 cloves garlic, chopped
sugar, to taste
salt, to taste
fresh coriander, a handful, chopped
10 free-range eggs, hard-boiled
white rice, for serving

Method

1 Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the onions, green pepper and whole spices until fragrant.

2 Add all the dry spices and a splash of water and cook for about 3 minutes.

3 Add the tomatoes and garlic and cook until the mixture forms a thick sauce. Add more water if necessary. Add sugar and salt to taste and stir through. Add the coriander.

4 Place the whole boiled eggs in the sauce and allow to warm through.

5 Time to eat, family! Serve with fluffy white rice.

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Extracted from Tietie en Nanna se Huiskos by Najma Abrahams and Azba Fanie (Human & Rousseau). Note: book is printed in Afrikaans.

Photographs: Donna Lewis

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