South African recipe
How to make Pap
uphuthu (isiZulu, the crumbly kind)
All of South Africa, a staple food
Porridge of white maize meal, cooked soft for breakfast, stiff enough to hold its shape to eat with stews, or dry and crumbly. 'Pap en wors', pap with boerewors and a tomato and onion sauce, is a braai favourite.
Ingredients
- 750 ml water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 250 g (about 2 cups) white maize meal (mielie meal)
- 1 tablespoon butter (optional)
Method
- Bring the water and salt to the boil in a heavy saucepan.
- Pour in the maize meal in a heap in the middle and do not stir. Put the lid on, turn the heat to low and leave for 5 minutes.
- Now stir hard with a wooden spoon until smooth and thick, with no dry lumps.
- Cover again and cook on the lowest heat for 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes, until the pap is stiff and no longer tastes raw. Stir in the butter and serve with a stew, chakalaka or braai meat.
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