Pap Or Sadza Or Ugali Or ...

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 1/2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups cornmeal (preferably finely ground and )

Recipe

• 1 bring water and salt to a boil in a large pot. when it boils, add the cornmeal all in one go, mix, cover and cook undisturbed over very gentle heat for about 30 - 60 minutes.
• 2 that is the method a black lady i know always used (although she didn't measure a thing, but neither do i, when i make pap).
• 3 it gets to be easy after a few times, just pouring a small stream of cornmeal into the boiling water and stirring. you know when the consistency will be to your liking.
• 4 i find it easier, and safer for the final smoothness, to stir or whisk while i pour in the dry cornmeal.
• 5 (cornmeal in africa is known as maize meal or mealie meal. cornmeal is preferred by african peoples, and it's a bad year for corn when producers have to add yellow corn to the in order to produce enough of the product for the market).
• 6 as pap is bland and merely a vehichle for other tastes, it is always eaten with a savory soup or stew or sauce. a favourite meal among black and alike is pap with tomato-and-onion sauce, with grilled meats alongside. but where the eaters have to make do with little, a sauce or soupy stew will suffice.