World Cuisines

Bunny Chow

South Africa

Durban's curry loaf: a hollowed quarter-loaf of white bread filled with fiery mutton or bean curry — the bunny chow, born of apartheid-era necessity and now a national treasure.

What it is

Durban's curry loaf: a hollowed quarter-loaf of white bread filled with fiery mutton or bean curry — the bunny chow, born of apartheid-era necessity and now a national treasure. Ingredients: white bread loaf, mutton or chicken curry (Durban-hot), potatoes in the curry, onions, tomatoes, curry leaves, chiles; beans for the classic vegetarian version. Recipe: 1) Make a rich, hot curry with gravy to spare. 2) Hollow the bread quarter, keeping the crumb plug. 3) Fill with curry; crown with the plug. 4) Eat with fingers, tearing the curry-soaked walls. Serve: with carrot salad and a Coke, at Durban's curry houses. Flavor: fiery, saucy, bread-drenched. History: created in the 1940s by Indian South Africans in Durban (when restaurants couldn't serve them inside, the loaf became the plate); 'bunny' may come from 'bania', the trader caste. See also: Bobotie, Braai.

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