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bobotie

bobotie

English

Noun

bobotie (plural boboties)

  1. (South Africa) A dish of curried mince with an egg custard baked on top.
    • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 136:
      ‘I knew you would be tired. I made you some bobotie.’

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Indonesian bobotok (botok)

Noun

bobotie

  1. bobotie