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South AfricanBunny chow


This dish was devised by South African Indian railway workers who used to carry their curry to work in a hollowed-out bread loaf. It contains potato and fruit, and must have some heat. Potato made a little chicken go a long way for the Durban railway workers.

Source: Mowgli Street Food


Ingredients

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  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 small white onions, finely diced
  • 5 cm fresh root ginger, peeled and grated
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • tbsp garam masala
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • tbsp ground cumin
  • 1 scotch bonnet chilli, deseeded
  • 400 g skinless and boneless chicken thighs, chopped into 5 cm cubes
  • 1 skinless chicken breast, chopped into 5 cm cubes
  • 400 g canned chopped tomatoes
  • ½ tsp ground turmeric
  • ¼ tsp chilli powder
  • 3 star anise
  • 125 g dried prunes
  • 2 loaves white bread, cut in half and hollowed out
  • 1 bunch fresh coriander, leaves and stalks roughly chopped
  • 3 red chillies, deseeded and sliced

Instructions

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