South African Curry and Rice
South African curry and rice is a combination dish of slow-cooked beef mince in a sweet and spicy curry sauce, served with basmati rice.
Ingredients
- 15 ml olive oil
- 1 kg beef mince
- 2 onions peeled and finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons crushed garlic
- 2 cups water
- 4 large carrots, peeled and chopped fine
- 3 potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 20 ml tomato sauce
- 20 ml white vinegar
- 30 ml brown sugar
- 9 teaspoons curry powder
- 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1½ teaspoons flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups fruit chutney (or less, if you want it less saucy)
- A few sprigs fresh rosemary, chopped
Ingredients for 10 servings (3.3 kg) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic, then cook until translucent, without letting it brown or burn.
Stovetop - 2
Add the meat and cook until browned.
- 3
Add the water, and bring the mixture to a boil. Boil for 10 minutes.
Stovetop - 4
Add potatoes and carrots, and boil for another 10 minutes until the carrots and potatoes are softened.
Stovetop - 5
Combine the tomato sauce, vinegar, sugar, curry powder, turmeric, flour, salt, and chutney in a mixing bowl. Mix it well.
- 6
Stir the sauce into the meat mixture, along with the rosemary. Cook for another 10–15 minutes.
- 7
Serve with the rice, chutney, coconut, and bananas.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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