Best 16 African Curry Recipes

AFRICAN CURRY

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large, heavy skillet over medium heat. Stir in the onion, garlic, and bay leaf, and saute until onion is lightly browned. Mix tomatoes, curry powder, and salt into the skillet, and continue cooking about 5 minutes. Mix in the chicken, and cook 15 to 20 minutes, until no longer pink and juices run clear.
• Reduce skillet heat to low. Stirring constantly, gradually blend in the coconut milk over a period of about 10 minutes. Mix in lemon juice just before serving.

AFRICAN BEEF CURRY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the first seven ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until meat is tender. , Serve with rice. Garnish with raisins, peanuts and coconut if desired.

BO-KAAP CAPE MALAY KERRIE - SOUTH AFRICAN CAPE MALAY CURRY

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pot or saucepan.
• Over high heat, fry the onions and garlic, stirring continuously. Add the ginger, curry powder and all the spices and continue stirring for a minute. Season to taste with pepper and add the salt.
• Reduce heat slightly. Add the meat and fry it until it is browned on all sides. (This may be easier if you remove the onions, garlic and ginger mixture and set them aside, then return them to the pot after the meat is browned.).
• Add the vinegar and stock, plus all the other remaining ingredients (except the apricot jam, yoghurt, and bananas). Cover. Reduce heat. Simmer over a low heat, stirring occasionally, until everything is tender, approximately 1 1/2 hours for lamb and 2 hours for mutton, maybe a little longer.
• Stir in the apricot jam and the yoghurt a few minutes before serving.
• Serve this curry with yellow rice and a variety of sambals and atjars.

BO-KAAP CAPE MALAY CURRY POWDER - SOUTH AFRICAN SPICE MIXTURE

Steps:

• Place all the whole seeds in a frying pan and dry roast for a minute or two, until they become pungent and release their fragrance. Place them in a food processor or coffee grinder and pulse until they are finely ground - or grind them with a pestle and mortar.
• Add the remaining ground spices, including the chillies and the curry leaves, to the roasted spices and mix well.
• Store in an airtight jar or tin for up to 6 months, in a dry, cool and dark place.

SOUTH AFRICAN MALAY CURRY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over high heat. Fry onions and garlic in the hot oil until softened, about 5 minutes. Add curry powder, ginger, turmeric, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, and cloves; continue stirring for 1 minute.
• Reduce heat slightly and add lamb. Cook until browned on all sides, 5 to 8 minutes. Add beef broth, eggplant, tomato paste, bell pepper, jalapeno peppers, and vinegar. Drain apricots and stir in. Reduce heat and cover; simmer on low, stirring occasionally, until lamb is tender, about 1 hour.
• Stir yogurt and jam into the curry a few minutes before serving.

BOBOTIE (SOUTH AFRICAN CURRY MEAT LOAF)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Combine tea, raisins, and apricots in a bowl; let sit for 30 minutes. Drain, and reserve 1/3 cup soaking liquid; set both aside.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic and onion; cook until lightly caramelized, about 8 minutes. Add turmeric, coriander, cayenne, cumin, fenugreek, pepper, fennel, and salt; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add reserved soaked fruit and soaking liquid and vinegar; cook until almost all liquid evaporates, about 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and transfer to a large bowl; add beef, and mix until evenly combined. Transfer meat mixture to a foil-lined baking sheet, and shape into an 8″ × 4″ loaf; press almonds over top of meat loaf, and bake until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the meat loaf reads 160F, about 40 minutes.

MTUZI WA SAMAKI (EAST AFRICAN FISH IN COCONUT CURRY)

Steps:

• Heat the oil over medium-high flame in a large skillet or pot. Season the fish with salt and pepper. Sear the fish fillets on both sides and remove to a plate. Do not cook through.
• Reduce the heat to medium and add the onions and peppers. Sauté until the onion is translucent. Add the garlic and sauté 1-2 minutes more.
• Add the tomatoes, coconut milk, garam masala or curry powder, tamarind paste or lemon juice, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 6-8 minutes.
• Add the fish fillets, cover and continue to simmer until the fish is cooked through, 5-10 minutes. Serve with rice, ugali, boiled potatoes, boiled cassava or chapatti.
• Variations: Mtuzi wa Kamba (Shrimp in coconut curry): substitute shrimp for the fish. There is no need to sear the shrimp initially.

EAST AFRICAN CURRY

Steps:

• Melt butter In a 4 quart saucepan.
• Sauté onion.
• Add garlic powder, curry powder, turmeric, salt and chili powder.
• Mix until aroma is released.
• Add 1 cup coconut cream, shrimp, potatoes, and water.
• Simmer until tender, about 20 minutes, covered tightly.
• Add lemon juice and 1 cup coconut cream and simmer until slightly thickened-about 10 minutes.
• Serve with hot rice, and bananas and coconut sauteed in butter and served on the side.

SOUTH AFRICAN VEGETABLE CURRY

Steps:

• Cut carrots into 1/2 inch thick slices.
• Cut beans into 1/2 inch pieces.
• Cut cauliflower into 1 1/2 inch florets.
• Cut pepper and peaches into 1 inch pieces.
• In a 5 to 6 quart pan over medium high heat, stir oil, onion, ginger, garlic and cinnamon sticks until onion is limp, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add curry powder and turmeric, stir 30 seconds.
• Add broth, carrots, beans, cauliflower bell peppers, peaches and cabbage; bring to a boil over high heat.
• Cover and simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, until carrots are tender when pierced, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Add salt to taste.

KALYA E KHAAS (TRADITIONAL SOUTH AFRICAN CHICKEN CURRY)

Steps:

• Wash the chicken and pat dry.
• Combine the yogurt, tomatoes, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, peppercorns, cumin, chilies, saffron, turmeric, cayenne, ginger, garlic and salt.
• Pour mixture over the chicken, turning the pieces until they are well coated.
• While they marinate, in a large heavy skillet or stew pot, fry the onions gently in the butter and oil until light, golden brown. Let onions cool slightly and crush them with the back of a spoon.
• Add entire contents of the marinating bowl. Simmer until chicken is tender, adding small amounts of water as needed to keep the contents from sticking.
• Garnish with cilantro and mint and serve with rice or Indian bread.

AFRICAN BEEF CURRY

Steps:

• Cut the beef into 1/2 inch cubes.
• Chop the onion and peppers.
• In a large saucepan, combine the beef, onions, peppers, undrained tomatoes, curry powder and salt.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until meat is tender, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• About 45 minutes to a half hour before ready to serve, prepare the rice according to package directions.
• Serve the beef over the rice and top with some raisins.

VEGETARIAN DORO WAT (WEST AFRICAN STEW/CURRY)

Steps:

• 1) Cook the onions over medium heat for a few minutes in a dry (no oil) pot or Dutch Oven, large enough to eventually hold all of the ingredients. Stir constantly to prevent them from browning or burning; reduce heat or remove the pot from the heat if necessary.
• 2) Add the butter to the onions, along with the garlic, ginger, fenugreek, cardamom, nutmeg, cayenne pepper and paprika,and tomato. Stir and simmer for a few minutes. The onions should be soft, tender, and translucent, but not browned.
• 3) Add the stock and dry red wine. Bring the mixture to a low boil while stirring gently. Cook for a few minutes, then reduce heat. Take a few tablespoons of broth out of the pot and mix it in a small bowl with the cornstarch until lumps are gone. Stir into the pot.
• 4) Add the tofu pieces, making sure to cover them with the sauce. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• 5) After the tofu has gotten warmed, add salt and pepper to taste. Then gently add the hard-boiled eggs and ladle sauce over them.
• 6) Serve hot. The only traditional way to serve doro wat is with a spongy flat bread called injera, which can only be properly made with difficult-to-obtain teff flour. Doro wat is also very good with Couscous, Rice, or Middle-Eastern or Indian style flat bread.

AFRICAN CURRY

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large, heavy skillet over medium heat. Stir in the onion, garlic, and bay leaf, and saute until onion is lightly browned.
• Mix tomatoes, curry powder, and salt into the skillet, and continue cooking about 5 minutes.
• Mix in the chicken, and cook 15 to 20 minutes, until no longer pink and juices run clear.
• Reduce skillet heat to low. Stirring constantly, gradually blend in the coconut milk over a period of about 10 minutes. Mix in lemon juice just before serving.

VEGETARIAN PEANUT CURRY (AFRICAN INSPIRED)

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat.
• Add onion, carrots and jalapeno and sauté until almost soft about 8 minutes.
• Add garlic, ginger and lime zest and sauté another 3 minutes.
• Add spices and sauté until fragrant.
• Stir in broth, tomato sauce and diced tomatoes and bring to a boil.
• Stir in peanut butter, reduce heat and simmer until it melts.
• Stir in coconut milk, garbanzo beans and dried fruit and simmer for another 10 minutes.
• Salt to taste.
• Put cooked brown rice in bowls and ladle curry over rice. Top with a dollop of yogurt and cilantro.

EAST AFRICAN EGGPLANT CURRY WITH CHICKPEAS

Steps:

• Cut eggplant into 3/4 inch dice. In a heavy, wide casserole, heat oil. Add onion and cook over low heat for 7 minutes, until soft. Add next 7 ingredients. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add eggplant and salt, and mix well over low heat until eggplant is coated with spices. Add tomatoes and bring to a boil. Mix tomato paste and water and stir into mixture. Cover and simmer, stirring often, for 20 minutes. Add chickpeas and simmer 10 to 20 minutes more until eggplant is very tender and mixture is thick. Adjust seasoning. Serve over rice.

SOUTH AFRICAN"WORLD CUP" CURRY RECIPE

Steps:

• 1.Coat stewing lamb well with curry powder and set aside. 2. Saute the onion,apple and tomato in the butter over a low heat until onions are translucent. 3. Boil chicken stock and add coconut. Reduce heat to low and soak while you brown the lamb 4. Brown the lamb in a large pot,turning often. 5. In a food processor, blend lime juice,fruit chutney, apricot preserve, jalapenos, ginger and garlic. 6. Add this mixture to the pot with the lamb and coat well. 7. Add the tomato,onion and apple mixture. 8. Add the coconut and stock. 9. Add the bay leaves. 10. Add the yellow raisins. 11. Cook slowly for 1 hour 15 minutes. 12. Serve with boiled rice and coconut, chopped tomatoes and onions, chutney on the side. This dish does well when you let it stand for a while and can be prepared a day ahead. Remove the bay leaves before you serve the curry.