Makes: 4 Fluffy Mash and Mince Kotas
Preparation Time: 1 hour 20 minutes Cooking Time: 50 minutes
Ingredients
Mashed Potatoes:
| 4 | Large potatoes, peeled | |
| 5 | ml | Curry powder ( 1 tsp ) |
| 5 | ml | Salt ( 1 tsp ) |
| 10 | g | Margarine |
| 10 | ml | Mayonnaise |
Mince:
| 30 | ml | Oil ( 2 Tbsp ) |
| ½ | Medium onion, chopped | |
| ½ | Green, red and yellow peppers, chopped | |
| 500 | g | Beef mince |
| 5 | ml | Salt ( 1 tsp ) |
| 5 | ml | Curry powder ( 1 tsp ) |
| 2 | ml | Tumeric powder ( ½ tsp ) |
| 3 | ml | Garlic and Herb Spice ( ½ tsp ) |
| 410 | g | Curried mixed vegetables ( 1 tin ) |
| 15 | ml | Tomato paste ( 1 Tbsp ) |
| 60 | ml | Hot water ( ¼ cup ) |
| 15 | ml | Instant soup of your choice e.g. brown onion soup ( 1 Tbsp ) |
| 10 | ml | Bovril ( 2 tsp ) |
| 1 | Loaf (white bread unsliced) | |
| 15 | ml | Mango atchar ( 1 Tbsp ) |
| 4 | Cheddar cheese slices |
Method
- In a saucepan, cover the potatoes in water and bring to the boil, add the curry powder and salt.
- Cook until soft, about 20 minutes. Drain the potatoes and add the margarine and mayonnaise. Mash the potatoes until smooth, soft and fluffy. Place over a pot with warm water to keep warm.
- In a saucepan, add the oil and sauté the onion and peppers until soft and translucent.
- On low heat, add the beef mince, salt, curry powder and tumeric powder and allow to simmer (add a little water if necessary), about 10 minutes. Add the curried mixed vegetables and the tomato paste and stir.
- Mix the hot water and the instant soup together until smooth, add the Bovril and stir into the mince. Allow to simmer for 10 – 15 minutes and set aside.
- In the meantime, cut the white bread loaf in half widthwise (*1) then in half again, lengthwise (*2). You should have 4 quarters of the loaf.
- With the bread crust-side-down, hollow out the centre piece of the bread *by cutting a rectangle out of the top of
the quarter loaf, set aside. - Fill your hollowed out quarter loaf with the warm mash potatoes, followed by the mince and then the atchar and sliced cheese. Close the Kota with the piece of bread that was hollowed out and serve warm.
