Mom Ntkozo’s Chakalaka Recipe

Ingredients:

• 4 x medium carrots
• 1 x onion
• 1 x small green pepper
• 2 x tins of baked beans
• 2 x chilli beef cubes or chakalaka cubes
• 2 TSP Minestrone soup
• Curry powder *** (see Ntkozo’s recipe below)
• Sunflower oil for cooking

Curry Powder Ingredients:

• 2 Tsp ginger & garlic powder
• 2 Tsp garum masala
• 2 Tsp jeerah powder
• 1 Tsp of zeal

Method:

• Dice your onions and green pepper; peel and grate your carrots
• Heat your pan, pour in the oil and add your onions
• Add curry powder, and leave it for a few minutes (until it changes colour)
• Pour in the green pepper, stir for 2 minutes
• Add the carrots and stir; add 2 x beef cubes, stir, and close the lid for 3 minutes
• Add your beans
• Mix 2 spoons of soup into a cup of warm water and pour into the stew; wait for 2 minutes and your stew is done

This stew will stay nice and fresh for up to a week in the fridge!

Mom Ntkozo’s Steam Bread Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1kg of flour
• 3 spoons for sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 sachet yeast
• butter (small amount)

Method

• Pour flour into a large bowl; add your sugar, salt and yeast and mix together
• Add a little bit of water until it becomes a soft dough
• Add some butter to avoid it becoming too sticky
• cover the dough and allow it to rise in the sun
• Boil water on the stove**
• Once your dough has risen, roll it into balls, and put each ball in a small plastic bag.
• steam these rolls for 1hr30

Enjoy as a delicious side with curry, chakalaka or on it’s own!

**You can also cook these rolls inside your curry! In this case, the bags aren’t necessary, and they only need to cook for 30-45 minutes.