Vegetable Potjie

Potjie No: 3 Pot guide
Serves: 6
Cooking Time: 2 hours
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Ingredients

5-6 medium potatoes
1 medium butternut squash
5 large carrots
2 ears of corn
1 small turnip or rutabaga
1 stalk celery
1/2 cup oil
2-3 onions
4-6 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon salt
Black pepper to taste
2 teaspoons dried oregano
2 teaspoon dried basil
1 cup vegetable stock

Method

• Wash the vegetables and cut into chunks.
• You can use any other hard winter vegetables that you like.
• Heat the potjie over coals until a little bit warm, then add oil.
• When oil is hot, lightly cook onions and garlic.
• Arrange vegetables in layers on top of onion and garlic mixture.
• The ones with the longest cooking times go on the bottom of the pot.
• Sprinkle on the seasonings and herbs.
• Pour stock over the final layer.
• Cover the pot with its lid and simmer over campfire coals for 1.5 to 2 hours.
• Leave the lid on until the cooking time is finished.