Vegetarian Chakalaka with Pap and Fried Eggs
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Ingredients
- 2 carrots
- 1 red pepper
- 400 g tinned baked beans
- 2 red onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 0.5 tsp chilli flakes
- 300 g fine polenta (cornmeal)
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 592 kcal
- Protein
- 20.1 g
- Carbohydrate
- 80.2 g
- of which sugars
- 14.2 g
- Fat
- 17.8 g
- of which saturates
- 3.1 g
- Fibre
- 10.1 g
- Salt
- 1.15 g
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Method
- 1
Bring 900ml water to the boil for the pap. Whisk in the polenta, then stir vigorously over low heat for 6-8 minutes until it forms a thick, stiff dough. Keep warm.
- 2
Peel and chop the onion, then fry in half the vegetable oil for 8 minutes until softened. Stir in the garlic, curry powder and chilli flakes and cook for 1 minute.
- 3
Grate the carrots and dice the pepper, add to the pan with the baked beans and simmer for 10 minutes.
- 4
Fry the eggs in the remaining oil in a separate pan until the whites are set and the yolks are cooked to your liking.
- 5
Serve the chakalaka and pap topped with the fried eggs.
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