South African Bobotie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon oil, or as needed
1 onion, chopped
1 pound ground beef
1/2 slice bread
1/2 cup milk, divided
1 egg, beaten, divided
1/4 cup seedless raisins
1 tablespoon white vinegar
2 teaspoons white sugar
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon curry powder
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 bay leaves
1 1/2 tablespoons chutney

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat; add onion and saute until browned, about 5 minutes. Add ground beef to onion and saute until browned, about 5 minutes.
Soak bread in 1/4 cup milk in a small bowl, mash, and add to ground beef mixture; stir in 1/2 of beaten egg, raisins, vinegar, sugar, turmeric, salt, curry powder, and ground black pepper.
Transfer beef mixture to glass baking dish; insert bay leaves.
Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Whisk remaining 1/2 egg and remaining 1/4 cup milk together in a small bowl; pour over meat mixture and return to oven for 30 minutes.
Serve with chutney.