Tomato Bredie

Name: Tomato Bredie
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 kg mutton knuckles, chopped; 5 ml crushed dried red chillies; 7 ml salt; 10 ml crushed garlic; 4 large ripe tomatoes, skinned and grated or puréed; 4 medium potatoes, quartered; 45 ml sugar, or to taste; 2 large onions, thinly sliced; 30 ml sunflower oil

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cape Malay Illustrated Cookbook

By Faldela Williams

Published 2012

About

Ripe, red tomatoes are best for this dish. If you have to use canned tomatoes or less than ripe tomatoes, add 15 ml tomato paste for extra flavour.

Ingredients

2 large onions, thinly sliced
30 ml sunflower oil
1 kg

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Braise onions in heated oil until golden, 5–10 minutes. Add meat and simmer over medium heat for 30–40 minutes, stirring from time to time. Add tomatoes, crushed garlic, salt and chilli, and simmer a further 20 minutes. Add potatoes and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Add sugar and cook a further 5 minutes. Serve with white rice.