Nsima (Corn Meal Porridge)

Ingredients

• •4 cups water
• •2 cups plain corn meal

Directions

1. 1Pour 4 cups of water into a medium size cooking pot. Heat the water for 3 to 4 minutes or until lukewarm. Using one tablespoonful at a time, slowly sprinkle 3/4 cup of the corn meal into the pot while stirring continuously with a cooking stick. Keep stirring slowly until the mixture begins to thicken and boil. Turn the heat to medium, cover the pot, and let simmer for 3 to 5 minutes.
2. 2Cautiously remove the top. Slowly, a little at a time, pour into the pot 1 and a quarter cups of corn meal and briskly stir with the cooking stick until smooth and thick. Stir vigorously. Sprinkle a little more corn meal and stir if you desire the nsima to be thicker or less if you want softer nsima. Cover, turn the heat off and let nsima sit on the stove for another 2 to 3 minutes.
3. 3Must always be served hot with a vegetable, bean, meat or fish dish.