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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (867g) Recipe makes 4 servings
Calories 915
Calories from Fat 37		(4%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 4.1g	6%
	Saturated Fat 0.6g	2%
	Monounsaturated Fat 1.0g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 1.8g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg		0%
Sodium 19mg		0%
Potassium 405mg		11%
Total Carbohydrate 194.2g		64%
	Dietary Fiber 18.5g	74%
	Sugars 1.6g
Protein 21.2g		42%
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African Sadza Dumpling

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By: Chipili
Nov 21, 1999

African Nzema / Sadza / Banku / Ugali / Pap / Mealie-meal. Due to its enormous popularity, Sadza is regarded as Zimbabwe's national dish. Like the West African Banku, the East African Ugali, the Zambian Ntsima and the South African Mealie-meal, Sadza is a stiff, steamed dumpling made from white maize flour or rapoko (red millet flour) and served with stews or roasted meat, fish or vegetables and sauce. This makes a mountain! I use 1/5th of this for 3 people.

SERVES 4 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

2 1/2 liters water
1 kg mealie-meal (cornmeal/white maize flour) or rapoko (red millet flour) or millet flour (not yellow polenta)

Directions

1
Bring 1.5 L (2 1/4 pt) of the water to the boil in a heavy-based saucepan with a long handle for easy handling.
2
Mix half the mealie-meal with the remaining cold water to form a smooth paste.
3
Add this paste to the boiling water, stirring vigorously to avoid lumps, until it boils again. Cover and continue to boil for 5 minutes.
4
Gradually add the remaining mealie-meal, one-quarter at a time, stirring thoroughly and firmly until the whole mixture thickens. You need a firm wrist - as the mixture thickens, the porridge gets firmer and more difficult to stir.
5
Reduce the heat, cover the pan and cook for another 3 minutes.
6
Wet a small bowl with cold water and use the wet bowl to form the mixture into individual portions. Alternatively, you can serve the Sadza as one large family meal.
7
Serve hot with vegetables and stew or roast meat or fish with the gravy of your choice.