Veg and meat bunny chow recipes

Bunny chows are one a South African’s favourite fast food.

Although it is made differently in various parts of the country, it is a national treasure that many are yet to explore in its diversity.

On Cooking with Lovalicious this week, learn how to make a Durban curry bunny chow.

Did you know, a bunny chow has many names?

If you look for one in Alexandra, Johannesburg, it is known as a kota and if you happen to travel to Limpopo it is known a spatlo.

For more tips and tricks on how to make a bunny chow, watch Lova’s step-by-step videos on the NEWS’ Youtube channel.

In this menu, Lova shared two variations, a beans curry bunny chow and beef curry bunny chow with carrot salad.

Beans and Potato Bunny Chow

Ingredients

• 1 can butter beans
• ½ onion, chopped
• 1 tomato, chopped
• Curry leaves
• 2 UTD (up-to-date) potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces
• 2 teaspoons chilli powder
• 1 teaspoon mixed masala
• 5 tablespoons oil
• Aromat to taste
• ½ teaspoon sugar
• 1 cup water
• Coriander to garnish
• 1 loaf of bread, sliced into quarters, remove insides to form cavity.

Method

1. Add oil to a pot.
2. Add onions and cook until translucent.
3. Then add tomatoes and cook until soft.
4. Add chilli powder, mixed masala and potatoes and Aromat.
5. Add ½ cup water and let the potatoes cook for 10 minutes, checking from time to time.
6. Add water if necessary.
7. Once potatoes are soft, add the beans and cook for five to seven minutes until done.
8. Once cooked, fill the bean curry into the cavity of the bread.
9. Add Coriander to garnish and put the cut-out bread on top.

Beef Curry Bunny Chow

Ingredients

• 1 – 1½kg stewing beef
• 2 large UTD (up-to-date) potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces.
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 small or 1 large tomato, chopped
• ¼ teaspoon fennel seeds
• 1 or 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 or 2 bay leaves
• 3 teaspoons chilli powder
• 1½ teaspoon of mixed masala
• ½ teaspoon ginger
• ½ teaspoon garlic
• Aromat to taste
• ½ teaspoon sugar
• Curry leaves, if you have
• 1 – 1½ cup water
• 6 tablespoons oil
• Coriander to garnish
• 1 loaf of bread, sliced into quarters, remove insides to form cavity.

Method

1. Add oil to pot.
2. Add onions and whole spices, cook until onions are translucent.
3. Add tomatoes and cook until tomatoes are soft, add the sugar.
4. Add the chilli powder, mixed masala and ginger and garlic.
5. Fry for a minute then add beef and Aromat to taste.
6. Turn stove down to medium heat and simmer for two minutes.
7. Add ½ cup water and close lid and let beef cook.
8. Keep checking the beef curry from time to time, beef will take 45 minutes to cook.
9. Halfway through the cooking of the beef add the potatoes.
10. Add a little more Aromat and let the beef curry cook.
11. Keep adding water from time to time.
12. Once cooked, fill the beef curry into the cavity of the bread.
13. Add Coriander to garnish and put the cut-out bread on top.

Carrot Salad

Ingredients

• 2 carrots, grated
• ½ onion, thinly sliced
• ¼ English cucumber, sliced thinly
• 3 lettuce lettuce, finely sliced

Method

1. Mix all of the ingredients together.
2. Salad dressing: mix is ½ teaspoon vinegar, ½ teaspoon Aromat and 1 tablespoon of oil. Drizzle over salad and mix well.
3. Price for beef bunny chow: R75 for four servings.
4. Price for beans bunny chow: R25 for four servings.
5. Total cost is R100 for eight people.