Microwave Cornmeal Mielie Pap With Sheba

Ingredients

Pap

• 1 cup cornmeal (white or yellow)
• 2 cups boiling water

• 1 (14 ounce) can creamed corn
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon margarine

Sheba

• 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
• 8 ounces onions, chopped (1 cm by 1 cm pieces)
• 8 ounces green peppers, chopped (1 cm by 1 cm pieces)

• 1 (16 ounce) can diced tomatoes

• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar, cubes or tsps
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• salt and pepper
• parsley, dried or fresh to taste

Directions

1. 1

   Pap.

2. 2

   Add boiling water, creamed corn, salt and margarine to casserole dish. Add cornmeal and stir. Cook in microwave for 2 minutes, stir. Cook for around 6 to 8 minutes, stirring every 2 minutes, until pap is thick and fluffy. Serve with gravy, sheba, or salsa. Great with barbequed meat.

3. 3

   To make microwave pap without creamed corn, add an extra cup of boiling water and cook as directed.

4. 4

   Sheba.

5. 5

   Sauté the onion in a frying pan with oil until soft – make sure heat is not too high, you don’t want the onions to brown. When onion is soft, add green pepper and stir for around 2 minutes – doesn’t have to be completely cooked.

6. 6

   Add can of tomato paste and also can of diced tomatoes. Then add 3 big cloves of crushed garlic and two cubes of brown sugar and chopped fresh parsley (around 2 tbsps).

7. 7

   Add ½ teaspoon of salt and 1 ½ tsp of freshly ground black pepper.

8. 8

   Cook over slow heat (simmer) for about 10 minutes. Better the day after it is made.

9. 9

   Serve over pap.