Octopus In Red Wine Potjie (African)

Serves 4 to 6 persons.

Ingredients

1kg octopus
1/4 cup olive oil
2 onions (sliced)
2 cloves garlic (crushed)
1 red chilli (sliced)
2 green peppers (sliced)
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp cumin
240g whole peeled tomatoes (sliced)
1 tbsp tomato paste
250ml red wine
1 bay leaf
15ml chopped parsley
salt and pepper
4 potatoes (quartered)
juice and rind of 1 lemon

Method

Prepare octopus. Separate tentacles. Cook the octopus in its own juice for 15 minutes. Cool, strip off skin and cut tentacles into bite-size pieces.

Fry onions in oil until soft. Add garlic, chilli and green pepper. Fry a further two minutes.Add octopus, paprika and cumin; fry for five minutes.

Next, put in tomatoes, tomato paste, wine, bay leaf, parsley, salt and pepper. Simmer for one hour.Add potatoes and simmer a further 30 minutes. Lastly, stir in lemon juice and rind.

From Kuali.com