Ingredients

Method

• 1 1/4 cups water  
• 1 t salt
• 300 g maize meal
• 3 cups amasi, for serving
• cream, for serving
• sugar, for serving

Method

Ingredients

1. Bring the water to the boil in a saucepan. Add the salt and half the maize meal and reduce the heat to low.

2. Mix with the back of a wooden spoon, then gradually add the remaining maize meal until the mixture resembles crumbs. Cook for 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes.

3. Cool and serve with amasi, a splash of cream and a tablespoon of sugar.

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Photograph: Toby Murphy 
Styling: Khanya Mzongwana