Potato Mince Meat Pottage

Potato Mince Meat Pottage is coming from the main ingredient in meat pies one of the most popular fast foods in Nigerian. These day many people are rushing to the  cities.  What this means is that that there is little time for meaningful breakfast at home.  So many depending on fast foods and Meat pie is a favourite on such occasions .

Today,  I bring you the content of the meat pie which you can easily prepare and enjoy at home. I hear some say it’s the pastry crust that is the real deal. Yes I know but what about just making the potato / mincemeat  the meal. I call this Potato Minced Meat Pottage.
Potato is such an easy food to cook and is available every where. I actually picked up most of the ingredients for this dish in traffic and a town shop, on my way home from work. This is one of the advantages of living in the city I guess. You can shop anywhere. But I like my open market trips, where I can bargain and here some gossips. Meanwhile enjoy trying out my offering today Potato  Mince Meat pottage.

How to make Potato Mince Meat Pottage?

Recipe
4 Cooking Spoons Minced Meat
Dry pepper to taste
3 lobes Garlic ( chopped)
3 medium size Potatoes ( diced)
I medium size Onion( chopped)
2 Carrots ( diced)
1 Green pepper( diced)
1 table spoon corn flour
11/2 cooking spoons oil
Seasoning to taste
1/2 teaspoon thyme or sprigs of Rosemary
Salt to Taste

Method
1, Season the meat with salt, pepper,seasoning and garlic and set aside
2, Heat up oil fry the potato cubes , remove and set aside
3, Pour in onion and fry for 1 minute
4, Add the seasoned Minced meat and fry for about 10 minutes stirring as you fry.
5, Cover the pot  for about 5 minutes and allow meat to cook in its  juice.
6, Add back the potato, rosemary, chopped carrots, chopped green pepper
7,Dissolve the corn flour in 1 cooking spoon water and add to the meat pot , correct seasoning and cook for about 3 minutes stirring to get a thick sauce.
8, Serve Hot