Bunny Chow

Name: Bunny Chow
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 scotch bonnet chilli, deseeded; 3 tbsp vegetable oil; 400 g/14 oz canned chopped tomatoes; 400 g/14 oz skinless and boneless chicken thighs, chopped into 5 cm/2 inch cubes; 1¼ tbsp garam masala; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; 125 g/4 oz/generous ½ cup dried prunes; 3 red chillies, deseeded and sliced; 2 loaves of white bread, cut in half and hollowed out; 1 bunch of fresh coriander/cilantro, leaves and stalks roughly chopped; 5 cm/2 inch piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and grated; 1 skinless chicken breast, chopped into 5 cm/2 inch cubes; 3 star anise; 2 small white onions, finely diced; ¼ tsp chilli powder; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 1½ tbsp ground cumin

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 45

Appears in

Mowgli Street Food

By Nisha Katona

Published 2018

About

This dish was devised by South African Indian railway workers who used to carry their curry to work in a hollowed-out bread loaf. It contains potato and fruit, and must have some heat. Potato made a little chicken go a long way for the Durban railway workers.

Ingredients

3 tbsp vegetable oil
2 small white onions, finely diced
5 cm/

Main course

Method

Heat the vegetable oil for 20 seconds in a large non-stick frying pan set over a medium heat, then add the chopped onions, ginger and garlic and fry for 6–8 minutes or until the onions are golden brown.
Next add the garam masala, ground cinnamon, ground cumin and the scotch bonnet, give everything a good mix together and then add the chicken thighs and breast.