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Bread · South Africa Recipe

Putu-Pap or

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 750 ml water
  • 2 tsp. salt
  • 1 kg fine white corn meal, in place of maize meal

Directions

  1. Bring water to boil. Pour meal into centre of water to form a pile, add salt, but do not stir. Reduce heat by removing from stove. Put lid on and let sit for 5 minutes. Stir with fork or wooden spoon until pap is fine-grained and crumbly. Replace lid and let simmer for 45 minutes until done.