Sadza ne Nyama

Firm maize meal with slow-cooked beef stew.

Ingredients

• 3 cups Maize flour
• 800 g Beef
• 2 Onions
• 4 Tomatoes
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 4 tbsp Oil
• 2 tsp Salt
• 6 cups Water

Method

1. Start the stew — Brown the beef hard in oil, then add onion and garlic.
2. Simmer — Add tomatoes and water and cook 1½ hours until the meat is tender and the sauce thick.
3. Make the porridge — Whisk a third of the maize flour into boiling water and cook 5 minutes.
4. Thicken — Add the rest gradually, turning and pressing with a strong wooden spoon.
5. Work it — Keep turning for 10 minutes until stiff and pulling away from the pot.
6. Sadza is ready — Shape into a mound and serve with the stew, eating with the right hand.

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