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Bread · South Africa Recipe

Putu-Pap

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