{"id":3361,"date":"2012-10-27T12:20:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T19:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/?p=3361"},"modified":"2014-04-02T17:15:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T00:15:59","slug":"cape-malay-vegetable-curry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/cape-malay-vegetable-curry\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Malay Vegetable Curry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For our honeymoon, Tejas and I went to South Africa and the highlight of food on the trip for me was this Cape Malay curry they served at a restaurant on the Cape Town Waterfront. It was tomato based, sweet, tangy and very spicy!!! It was served with what I think of as\u00a0Malaysian\u00a0style paratha (super flakey and buttery!). WOW! I tried other versions of Cape Malay curry on the trip that were also good, but this one was especially yummy.<\/p>\n

So began my quest to find out about Cape Malay cuisine. \u00a0The Cape Malay community is an ethnic group in South Africa that has origins in what today is Indonesia. The food, at least the curries, are incredible! Each Cape Malay curry is different. They can be tomatoey or yellow, spicy or mild, etc. Key ingredients tend to be apricot jam and vinegar.<\/p>\n

I started making this dish when we first got back and used random spices that felt right. This time I found a recipe for Cape Malay curry powder<\/a> and it worked fantastic!<\/p>\n

This served 5 people, but just barely. Next time, I will have to make more so we can have leftovers! We had it with yellow rice.<\/p>\n

3-4 tablespoons oil
\n3 onions sliced
\n3 garlic cloves sliced
\n1 piece ginger minced
\n3 green chilis
\n1 1\/2 tablespoons Cape Malay curry powder<\/a>
\n1 tablespoon ground coriander
\n2-3 teaspoons chili powder
\n3 tomatoes chopped
\n3-4 tablespoons tomato paste
\n3 tablespoons vinegar
\n3 tablespoon apricot preserves
\nSalt
\n1\/2-1 pounds of green beans (I am really not sure how many, but about the same amount as cauliflower)
\n2\/3 of a cauliflower cut into florettes
\n3\/4 cup frozen peas
\n4 carrots chopped
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