Potjie Time...
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These are your basic steps to making any potjie,
just enough to get you going! |
1. Make 2 fires, one fire under the pot, the other fire away from the pot, use this second fire to make coals
to place under the pot every now and then .
The idea is to have just enough heat to
keep the pot simmering for about 6-8 hours. |
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2. Add soome oil to
the pot and heat it up. Once the pot is
nice and hot add the meat/chicken. Brown the meat then remove from the pot. |
3. Add some more oil
to the already warm pot and seal the potatoes.
Remove the potatoes and fry the
onions. Now remove some coals and
let the pot cool down a little before you
start building your "layers". |
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4. Leave the onions at the bottom of the
pot (onions don't burn easily incase your
pot gets to hot) and place the meat on top
of the onions right at the bottom of the pot.
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5. Chop and add your garlic and
add other spices on
top of the meat. Leave the herbs untill about
half an hour before you serve otherwise
you'll lose the flavour of the herb. We used some dried apricots,
garlic and ginger here. |
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6. Add the other ingredients to the pot
layer by layer starting with the hardest vegatables
towards the bottom i.e. potatoes, carrots,
broccoli, butternut. Add your layers about
15-20 minutes apart , leave the lid on and
never stir the pot! |
Get as creative with your pot as you
like.
Experiment
with all sorts of veggies
and herb combinations. Add some wine or
any cooking sauce you like.
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Great
fun and a nice way
to enjoy food, socialise and...
Get
UN-Bored!™ |
