DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Bunny chow
Spiced lamb-and-potato curry served inside a hollowed white loaf.
About Bunny chow
Claire Allen’s lamb bunny chow is the South African Tourism publisher’s representative of Durban’s bread-and-curry dish. Lamb and potatoes fill a hollowed white loaf, with the removed bread offered alongside.
Ginger, garlic and a layered spice mixture flavour the tomato-based curry. Cinnamon, cardamom, cumin and coriander join turmeric and curry powder; chilli powder remains optional for a milder version.
The bread holds a generous amount of sauce around the meat and potatoes. Fresh red chilli and coriander finish the filling, with onion-tomato salad, banana and raita offered as optional sides.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten).
Optional additions: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Bunny chow
Claire Allen’s Durban-style lamb bunny chow.
- LambProtein
- Canola oilCooking medium
- OnionsAromatic
- Minced gingerAromatic
- Minced garlicAromatic
- Bay leavesSeasoning
- Cardamom podsSeasoning
- Turmeric powderSeasoning
- Chilli powderSeasoning · Optional
- Cinnamon stickSeasoning
- Coriander powderSeasoning
- Cumin powderSeasoning
- Mixed curry powderSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- PepperSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Canned chopped tomatoesBase
- Skin-on baby potatoesBase
- WaterLiquid
- Fresh red chilliesGarnish
- Fresh corianderGarnish
- White bread loafBase
- Onion and tomato saladAccompaniment · Optional serving · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Sliced bananaAccompaniment · Optional serving · Optional
- RaitaAccompaniment · Optional serving · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Lamb: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Canola oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Minced ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Minced garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Bay leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cardamom pods: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader cardamom record; pod colour unspecified
- Turmeric powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Chilli powder (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source explicitly permits less or none; full formula unknown
- Cinnamon stick: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Coriander powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cumin powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Mixed curry powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Spice-blend formula unspecified
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Pepper colour/type unspecified
- Canned chopped tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader tomato record; canned form retained
- Skin-on baby potatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader potato record; small skin-on form
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh red chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Fresh garnish required even though dried chilli powder optional
- Fresh coriander: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- White bread loaf: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Normal wheat bread; detailed product formula unknown
- Onion and tomato salad (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named optional side; dressing/subrecipe unspecified
- Sliced banana (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Raita (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Ordinary yogurt-based raita; full subrecipe unspecified
Origins & food traditions
Durban/KwaZulu-Natal lamb curry in white bread; publisher-supplied named chef recipe.
Countries
- South Africa
- South AfricaCatalogue link pending review
- South AfricaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- South African Indian Cuisine
- South African cuisineCatalogue link pending review
- South African Indian cuisineCatalogue link pending review
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