Mini bean bunny chows

I am all for taking South African cuisine staples and giving them an Isla twist. This time the humble bunny chow gets the spin. Turning the filling large original dish into small snack size morsels creates something great to serve up whilst watching the rugby or sustenance while the braai is getting started.

Butterbean bunny chows

Makes: 12 mini bunny chows

Time: 120 minutes

Mini buns – 12 buns

160ml water

70ml milk

28g butter, softened

1 egg

470g plain flour

50g sugar

5g salt

7g dried yeast

Butterbean curry

30ml oil

1 onion, diced

2 garlic cloves, crushed

20g fresh ginger, chopped

8g ground cumin

8g ground coriander

4g ground turmeric

4g curry powder

1 tin butterbeans, drained

1 tin tomatoes, chopped

Handful of fresh coriander chopped

Red amaranth and julienned carrot to serve

Method:

Buns

· In a large bowl, place flour, sugar, salt and yeast

· Make a well in the centre and add the egg, milk, water and softened butter

· Mix to form a dough, kneading for 5 minutes until you have a smooth cohesive dough

· Place ball of dough in an oiled bowl, cover with a damp tea towel.

· Leave in a warm place to prove for an hour or until double in size.

· Divide the dough into 12 60g pieces and roll into balls, place buns on a traty and cover with a damp tea towel again.

· Prove until double in size.

· Preheat your oven to 180 degrees.

· Bake buns for 15 minutes or until lightly golden.

Butterbean curry

· In a saucepan, add some oil and on medium heat, sauté onions, garlic and ginger until translucent.

· Add cumin, coriander, turmeric and curry powder, cook for about 2 minutes. You want to cook out that raw spice flavour.

· Add tinned tomatoes and butterbeans

· Simmer for 30 minutes and seasoning with salt as you go, finishing off but stirring in the chopped coriander.

ASSEMBLY

· Cut the tops off each small bun.

· Hollow the buns out by using a teaspoon to remove most of the bready centre

· Spoon the curry into the cavity

Top with red amaranth and julienne carrots