Mavrou

Name: Mavrou
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 140 min
Yield: 6-8 servings
Cuisine: Cape Malay
Ingredients: 90 ml oil; 5 onion finely chopped; 5 garlic cloves; 2 bay leaves; 5 allspice; 4 cardamom pods; 4 cinnamon stick; 2 kg beef pieces; 8 garlic cloves, chopped; 2 green pepper deseeded and chopped; 2 tomatoes peeled and grated; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 30 ml cumin ground; 15 ml coriander ground; 5 fresh chillies chopped; 15 ml sugar; to serve to serve; yellow rice, vegetables and boiled eggs

6-8 servings Prep: 20 mins, Cooking: 2 hrs

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This dish is traditionally served at weddings. With its array of whole spices it’s one of the most sacred recipes in Cape Malay food culture. It’s unique – not quite a curry nor a bredie, but somehow meets in the middle and takes you to flavour nirvana.

By Food24 November 18 2019

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Ingredients (18)

90 ml	oil
5	onion — finely chopped
5	garlic — cloves
2	bay leaves
5	allspice
4	cardamom — pods
4	cinnamon — stick
2 kg	beef — pieces
8	garlic — cloves, chopped
2	green pepper — deseeded and chopped
2	tomatoes — peeled and grated
	salt and freshly ground black pepper
30 ml	cumin — ground
15 ml	coriander — ground
5	fresh chillies — chopped
15 ml	sugar
	to serve — to serve
	yellow rice, vegetables and boiled eggs