Mielie recipes Archives

Corn recipes

Grilled corn on the cob

50 minutes

Cabbage recipes

Boerewors with mielie rice and cabbage

40 minutes

Corn recipes

Paptert

30–40 minutes

Cabbage recipes

Umfino (maize meal cooked with cabbage and leafy greens)

35–40 minutes

Corn recipes

Burnt sweetcorn sauce

30 minutes

Braai recipes

Flame-grilled mielies

15 minutes

Corn recipes

Umbhona (roasted maize street snack)

30 minutes

Grain recipes

Uphuthu nekabishi (dry pap with cabbage stew)

45 minutes

Coconut recipes

Coconut fish curry with mielie rice

1 hour 20 minutes

Grain recipes

Umphokoqo namasi (crumbly pap and amasi)

35 minutes

Bread recipes

Sweetcorn flatbread

30 minutes

Ma’s steamed mielie cake

Serves 16

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 1 ½ hours

Ingredients

250 g butter, plus extra for serving
250 g sugar
1 t vanilla extract
4 large free-range eggs
½ cup milk
8 cobs sweetcorn, grated
240 g flour, sifted
2 t baking powder

Method

1. Cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time until well combined.

2. Add the milk and grated corn and mix until well combined.

3. Mix in the flour and baking powder.

4. Pour the batter into a 22 cm lined round baking tin that fits into a large saucepan. Cover with foil.

5. Place the baking dish on a trivet inside the saucepan. Pour water into the bottom of the pan, making sure the water does not touch the baking dish.

6. Place the lid on the pot and steam over medium heat for 1 ½ hours, or until cooked through. Serve hot with butter.

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Videography: Kevashan Moodley and Romy Wilson
Photography: Tahila Pillay
Food assistant: Sophia-Maria Eygelaar

Spinach lasagne

Kung pao chicken

Durban fish curry

Grilled corn on the cob

Boerewors with mielie rice and cabbage

Paptert

Umfino (maize meal cooked with cabbage and leafy greens)

Burnt sweetcorn sauce

Flame-grilled mielies

Umbhona (roasted maize street snack)

Uphuthu nekabishi (dry pap with cabbage stew)

Coconut fish curry with mielie rice

Umphokoqo namasi (crumbly pap and amasi)

Sweetcorn flatbread

Ma’s steamed mielie cake

Ma’s steamed mielie cake

Ingredients

Method