Are you looking for food from South Africa while visiting South Africa to see FIFA World Cup 2010? Bobotie is one of many traditional foods from South Africa such as Mealie soup, carrot bredie, komkomer sambal, geel rys, and putupap. Bobotie is a slightly sweet, spiced minced dish. The Cape Malay Bobotie recipe is a traditional version that makes a spicy, slightly sweet dish, with a very light curry flavor. The recipe probably originates from the Dutch East India Company colonies in Batavia, with the name derived from the Indonesian Bobotok.
It is a dish of some antiquity: it has certainly been known in the Cape of Good Hope since the 17th century, when it was made with a mixture of mutton and pork. Today it is much more likely to be made with beef or lamb, although pork lends the dish extra moistness. Early recipes incorporated ginger, marjoram and lemon rind; the introduction of curry powder has simplified the recipe somewhat but the basic concept remains the same. Some recipes also call for chopped onions to be added to the mixture. Traditionally, bobotie incorporates dried fruit like raisins or sultanas, but the sweetness that they lend is not to everybody’s taste. It is often garnished with walnuts, chutney and bananas.
Although not particularly spicy, the dish incorporates a variety of flavours that can add complexity. For example, the dried fruit (usually apricots and raisins/sultanas) contrasts the curry flavouring very nicely. The texture of the dish is also complex, with the baked egg mixture topping complementing the milk-soaked bread which adds moisture to the dish.
Bobotie was selected by 2008 Masters champion and South African native Trevor Immelman as the featured menu item for Augusta National’s annual “Champions Dinner” in April 2009. Each year, the reigning Masters champion hosts the gathering and tends to create a menu featuring delicacies from his home region. Previous examples include German Bernhard Langer’s 1986 Wiener Schnitzel feast, Brit Nick Faldo’s Fish and Chips, Canadian Mike Weir’s elk and wild boar, and Vijay Singh’s Seafood Tom Kah and Chicken Panang Curry.
How to make Bobotie? It is simple and easy.
Ingredients :

• 1 pound ground beef or ground lamb (or may use half and half)
• 1 cup onions, thinly sliced
• 1 tart apple, peeled, cored, and chopped
• 2 slices of white bread soaked in milk
• 2 Tablespoons curry powder
• ½ cup raisins
• 2 Tablespoons slivered almonds
• 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 egg
• Turmeric, dash
• 2 bay leaves

Ingredients for topping

• 1 egg
• ½ cup milk

Procedure

1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
2. Brown ground meat in a large skillet. Drain off fat.
3. Add the chopped onions and cook for about 5 minutes, until onions are softened.
4. Add the chopped apple.
5. Squeeze out excess milk from bread slices and add them to skillet, tearing the softened bread apart to blend it with the meat mixture.
6. Add curry powder, raisins, almonds, lemon juice, 1 egg, and turmeric. Stir well to combine.
7. Grease a 9-inch by 13-inch baking dish. Pour mixture into the dish and lay bay leaves on top.
8. Bake 40 minutes. Remove from oven.
9. Mix egg and milk together for topping, and pour over meat mixture.
10. Return dish to oven and bake for 15 minutes more. Remove bay leaves before serving.

references : wikipedia.org.