Thanks MJ. Because of your comments I have revisited this recipe today. Minced 500g topside steak (didn't do it as finely as shop bought mince), added less water (200g) and added 210g mixture of finely diced zucchini and sliced beans at the same time as the water and other ingredients. These days I think my TMX is a little tired and hardly moves the food on soft speed so I tend to use speed 1 or even 2 at times. Left the MC on for most of the cooking once the water was added seeing as how I had reduced it and it didn't need to evaporate. It ended up thick enough for us over rice or with mashed potatoes.
Trudy has just informed me that this recipe of mine is in the latest Meat Book but no-one had even informed me of it. However, they have me down as a consultant from WA not a customer from SA - Tenina I will be emailing you
Thanks Tenina - yay my first ever entry in a recipe book