Durban bunny chow
Durban bunny chow

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Bunny Chow has become one of Durban's most famous exports! It's usually called a 'bunny' and brings back youthful memories for many Durbanites who used to stop for a bunny chow on their way. Durban Mutton Curry in a bread loaf, the 'bunny chow' is a popular South African Street Food.

Durban bunny chow is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Durban bunny chow is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have durban bunny chow using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Durban bunny chow:
  1. Get 1 solid loaf white bread
  2. Get 1/2 star anise (chrushed)
  3. Take 3 cardamon pods
  4. Take 1/2 tsp fennel
  5. Get 1/2 tsp cumin seed
  6. Make ready 1/2 cup oil
  7. Take 1 onion, chopped
  8. Make ready 1 stick cinnamon stick(broken 3parts)
  9. Make ready 3 tbsp garam masala
  10. Take 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  11. Make ready 2 tsp turmeric
  12. Make ready 2 tomatoes(chopped)
  13. Get 1 kg beef stewing meat(cubes) or leg of lamb (also cubed)
  14. Prepare 4 clove garlic (peeled and chopped)
  15. Prepare 10 grams ginger(peeled and chopped)
  16. Take 6 leaves curry(crushed)
  17. Take 2 large potatoes (pealed and cubed)
  18. Get salt

Culture Trip looks at the story behind this curry-filled bread. The Mystery of Durban's Signature Dish Bunny Chow. My recipe for "bunny" (you never refer to it as bunny chow, the locals simply call it bunny") is made with chicken and potatoes and a "Durban Masala" mixture I created for this recipe, and one which I. People from Durban are very proud of their Bunny Chow and its heritage - a cheap curry from the depression era.

Instructions to make Durban bunny chow:
  1. Add oil, star anise, cardamom pods, cinnamon stick, fennel seeds, cumin seed and onion to a large pot and cook on stove top on medium heat until your onions become soft and translucent.
  2. Add the garam masala, cayene pepper and tumeric, cook untill ingredients start to stick.(~10min)
  3. Add tomatoes and mix so that the contents at the bottom of the pot unstick.
  4. Add the meat, ginger, garlic, salt and curry leaves. Reduce heat and simmer for half an hour.
  5. Add potatoes and a little water(~250ml water or till pot content is covered) cover and simmer until meat is tender (1-3 Hours)
  6. Cut your loaf in equal portion i.e half, quarter etc. With a knife hollow out the bread, leave a thick bottom and walls, spoon the curry inside the loaf, and serve with the cut out portion of bread. Viola! And enjoy!
  7. A few notes: 1.the heat level will be quite low, add a table spoon of chilli flakes or 2 chopped chillies to step 1 to increase heat, also you can add more cayenne pepper aswell as some hot sauce. 2. If you dont have the whole spice you can swap it out for the powdered version and vice versa, then add them at the appropriate step, whole spices step 1 and powdered spices step 2.

The version here is made with meat, but you can substitute with red and white kidney. Cheap, filling and deliciously rustic, bunny chow is one of the most popular takeaway meals in Durban, South Africa's Bunny chow is essentially a piping hot curry — housed inside a hollow loaf of bread. Try bunny chow, a delicious South African speciality with the unusual name. Put simply, this Durban delicacy consists of a rich Indian curry served in a hollowed out loaf of bread. Bunny chow, often referred to simply as a bunny, is a South African fast food dish consisting of a hollowed-out loaf of white bread filled with curry.

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