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#1 priya

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Posted 27 November 2006 - 05:13 PM

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Title :: Bunny Chow
Author :: priya
Category :: 1] Snacks & Starters
Ingredients ::
  • 15ml oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 clove Garlic, crushed
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 1/2 tsp garam masala
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 stick Cinnamon
  • 1 tsp grated ginger
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/2 tsp mixed curry powder
  • 1 chilli, finely diced
  • 250g minced beef
  • 2 tsp tomato puree
  • 150ml beef stock
  • 1x400g can butter beans
  • loaf crusty white bread
Description ::
A traditional street food dish from the Indian community of Durban, South Africa - spicy beef and butter bean curry served in a hollowed-out loaf of bread.

1. Heat the oil over a gentle heat, add the onion and cook until softened. Add the garlic followed by the turmeric, garam masala, salt, cinnamon , ginger , cumin, curry powder and chilli and cook for a couple of minutes.

2. Increase the heat and add the meat, stirring until browned.

3. Add the tomato puree and then the stock, stir and simmer for a couple of minutes.

4. Add the butter beans and cook the dish gently on a low heat for about thirty minutes.

5. When ready, cut the bread in half lengthways, scoop out the middle and set aside. Fill the hollowed-out bread with the curry mix and serve.


The bread filling is used to dip into the sauce then the rest of the bunny is picked up or pieces torn off.

No cutlery please!!!!

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#2 neeleem

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Posted 27 November 2006 - 05:16 PM

I saw it being prepared on one of the food channels the other day. It looked very rustic and hearty!  Would love to try it sometime. Thanks for the recipe!  :o

#3 priya

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Posted 27 November 2006 - 05:19 PM

It is good!!!!  I don't use the mince but stuff 'the bunny' with a tasty soupy dahl.  Very rustic, yes and very delish!!! :o
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#4 neeleem

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Posted 27 November 2006 - 05:24 PM

Any thick spicy dal with crusty bread (with lots of butter ofcourse  :o ) is a very satisfying meal to me.

#5 priya

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Posted 27 November 2006 - 05:34 PM

.....and a bit of 'green chutney' on the side :o
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#6 neeleem

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Posted 27 November 2006 - 05:40 PM

Oh yes!  :o  As usual I am salivating. I am going to salivating till lunch now!  ;)

#7 jyotirmoy

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Posted 28 November 2006 - 10:42 AM

This preparation is very similar to Keema Mattar where green peas are used instead of butter beans. BTW I don't know what butter beans are!!!

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Posted 28 November 2006 - 11:28 AM

Butter beans are a form of lima bean. They are a larger type that's often dried before cooking, but you can also get them in a can.   They are cream colored, rather than green, and are (to me) mealier than the smaller, green lima beans.  

Wow! I haven't eaten lima beans in ages!  Growing up, I ate them all the time - especially in succotash (lima beans and corn cooked together).  I think they're sort of an "old fashioned" vegetable now.  Or maybe I just think of them that way because I associate them with my grandmother and my great-aunts.
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#9 neeleem

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Posted 28 November 2006 - 03:08 PM

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This preparation is very similar to Keema Mattar where green peas are used instead of butter beans. BTW I don't know what butter beans are!!!

Keema mattar might well be its parent. I saw this dish cooked on tv the other day by a S.African chef and I think the idea was for it to be a commoner's on the go street food. It wasn't supposed to be an elaborate restaurant dish. The way the chef served it was took a oval crusty bread, cut a bit of the crust from the top, dug out the soft bread inside and spooned the mince curry in. The soft bread was then used to cover up the top and the cut out top crust was used as a cover. So very rustic style but hearty satisfying meal.  :)

#10 priya

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Posted 28 November 2006 - 04:14 PM

Exactly, Neeleem.  A sandwich loaf, cut in half - each half hollowed out, filled with the mince/dahl, the crust/heel of the loaf replaced on top, and off you go!!!  The scooped out bread used to mop up the gravy.  

Your ready-to-go meal in its own container - no mess, no plastic container and everything edible :)
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#11 neeleem

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Posted 28 November 2006 - 04:23 PM

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Your ready-to-go meal in its own container - no mess, no plastic container and everything edible

So much for Mcdonalds' recycled paper bags!  :)

#12 iwanttogoback

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Posted 28 November 2006 - 05:04 PM

hey, I had a mcurry paneer in Mumbai with the meal in an edible pastry container! :)
just is.