Traditional Bobotie and Yellow Rice casserole recipe. Authentic oven baked dish with some warming curry spices, minced meat, apricot jam.

Traditional Bobotie and Yellow Rice.
Bake this Traditional Bobotie and Yellow Rice casserole recipe. Authentic oven baked Casserole dish recipes, with some warming curry spices, minced meat, apricot jam and raisins for a family lunch or dinner. For a side dish cook the yellow turmeric rice that goes well with bobotie. An original authentic South African recipe that is often made for meals.
What do you eat with bobotie?
- yellow rice
- mashed potato
- baked beans
- vegetables
- couscous
- salads
- Roasted root vegetables or casserole dishes.
What is South African bobotie made of?
This traditional South African dish is similar to a meat loaf. But made with ground beef and spices for warm up the dish and sweetened with apricot jam and raisins. Topped with egg and milk and bay leaves to taste. So delicious and normally served with yellow turmeric rice as a side dish.
What meat goes with yellow rice?
Yellow rice is made with turmeric spices which make it yellow. It normally can go with any meats or vegetables. Beef, chicken, turkey, pork, fish or seafood.
Can you freeze bobotie dish?
Yes the dish can be frozen and made ahead. In sealed container or wrapped well, this dish will last for up to at least 3 months. Bring it back to room temperature and warm up in the oven, for about 15 – 20 minutes on 180 Deg. C.
It also keeps well in the fridge for up to 3 days stored in a sealed container. Very useful to use left overs for fillings with crepes, pancakes, or wraps and vetkoek.
Ingredients
- beef ground or minced meat
- slices of bread
- apricot jam
- Raisins
- small onion
- turmeric
- curry powder
- black pepper and salt
- vinegar
- olive oil
- apricot jam
- chutney
- water
- raisins
- egg milk and bigleaf.
Below are some of the ingredients to gather for this tasty casserole dish for a lunch or supper.
Some minced or ground beef with tomato and onion and a thick slice of bread soaked in water.

Ground beef mince

Bread
The jam and chutney added to this minced curry dish to sweeten it a bit. As well as the vinegar soaked raisons added will make this dish so tasty.

apricot jam

Raisins
All of these spices and seasoning make this bobotie dish and turmeric for the yellow rice as well.

How To
After sauté the ingredients then you would fill a casserole dish with the curry minced meat. Then top it with the egg and milk mixture, topped with bay leaf. (follow the recipe attached for the exact instructions on how to put this dish together)
Bake in an oven for at least an hour.

While the casserole is baking you cook the yellow rice that is only made with some turmeric to yellow it.

A appetizing yellow rice and traditional bobotie casserole with some tomato and greens salad.

The recipe below for you to print or save and download. Enjoy this very popular traditional bobotie recipe for a family meal.
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PrintTraditional Bobotie and Yellow Rice
Traditional Bobotie and Yellow Rice casserole recipe. Authentic oven baked dish with some warming curry spices, minced meat, apricot jam.
- Prep Time: 25 min
- Cook Time: 60 min
- Total Time: 85 min
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Meals, supper or lunch, dinner
- Method: Oven Baking
- Cuisine: South african
Ingredients
- 450 g (1 pound) minced beef
- 1 small onion
- 1 tsp of tumeric
- 1 dessert spoon of curry powder
- 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1 thick slice of bread
- 1 tablespoon of vinegar
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 tablespoon of apricot jam
- 1 teaspoon of chutney
- 2 –3 tablespoons of water
- 1 dessert spoon of raisons
TOPPING
- 1 egg
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 cup of milk (125 ml)
- Bay leaf
Instructions
- Heat up some olive oil and sauté the chopped onions.
- Soak the bread in the water.
- Soak raison in the vinegar.
- Stir in jam spices and seasonings and chutney, simmer for a few minutes.
- Add the meat and stir and flatten until all has been minced in well and loose.
- Then add the squeezed out bread and the raisons to the pan mixture. Keep stirring.
- Cook until the meat has been browned.
- Turn all of this into a greased casserole dish.
- Beat together the egg and milk mixture with seasoning and pour over the meat mixture in the casserole dish.
- Place the bay leaf on the top, then bake.
- Bake for 1 Hour on 180 Deg.C (350 Deg.F)
- In the mean time cook your rice but add some turmeric in it to make it yellow.
- The casserole should be brown and baked.
- Serve with rice and salad and a portion of bobotie.
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Enjoy
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