Curried Carrot Salad

Description
Most Africans always have a number of salads to compliment the meats. Curried carrot salad is no exception.
 * Makes 3,5 liters (14 cups) of curried carrots

Ingredients

 * 2 kg carrots
 * 1 kg onions
 * 1 litre white vinegar
 * 800 g sugar
 * 150 g seedless raisins
 * 15 ml salt
 * 5 ml whole cloves
 * 5 ml black peppercorns
 * 50 ml cornflour
 * 50 ml curry powder

Directions

 * 1) Peel the carrots and slice thinly.
 * 2) Cover the slices with water and boil till just soft.
 * 3) Peel and halve the onions.
 * 4) Slice thinly.
 * 5) Cover the onions with boiling water and leave to stand for 15 minutes.
 * 6) Drain the carrots and onions.
 * 7) Add the white vinegar, sugar, raisins, salt, cloves and black peppercorns to the vegetables and bring to the boil.
 * 8) Mix the corn flour and curry powder with 250 ml (1 cup) water.
 * 9) Add the curry mixture to the carrot mixture and boil for about 10 minutes.
 * 10) Stir occasionally.
 * 11) Spoon the hot curried carrots into clean hot jars and seal immediately.