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Sadza ne nyama
Stiff maize porridge with stewed beef and greens. The daily meal of Zimbabwe.
5 servings · 125 minutes (estimated)
Ingredients
Quantities for 5 servings.
- 500 g Maize meal
- 800 g Beef, on the bone, in pieces
- 2 piece Onions
- 4 piece Tomatoes
- 400 g Collard greens
- 4 clove Garlic
- 2 tbsp Peanut butter, for the greens
- 50 ml Vegetable oil
- to taste Salt and pepper
Method
- Brown the meat, add the onion and garlic and fry until soft.
- Add the tomatoes, cover with water to the same level, season and stew for an hour and twenty.
- Shred the greens fine and stew them with tomato and peanut butter for fifteen minutes.
- Slake a quarter of the maize meal in cold water and stir it into a litre of boiling water.
- Cook that thin porridge for ten minutes, stirring with a wooden paddle.
- Rain in the rest of the meal a little at a time, working it hard for fifteen minutes to a stiff mass.
- Turn the sadza onto plates with a wet spoon and serve with the meat and greens.
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