Seswaa

Beef boiled and pounded until it shreds — the national dish.

Ingredients

• 1.5 kg Beef
• 1 Onion
• 2 Bay leaves
• 1 tsp Black pepper
• 2 tbsp Salt
• 4 cups Water

Method

1. Boil simply — Put the beef in a heavy pot with onion, bay, salt and just enough water to cover.
2. Cook long — Simmer 3 hours until the meat is falling apart — seswaa uses almost no seasoning, so the meat must be truly tender.
3. Reduce — Cook uncovered at the end until nearly all the liquid has gone.
4. Pound — Pound the meat in the pot with a wooden stick until it shreds into soft threads.
5. Seswaa is ready — Season with salt and pepper and serve with pap and morogo.

More Botswana recipes

• bogobe jwa lerotse
• Morogo