Breakfast

Bota (maize porridge with peanut)

A smooth maize flour porridge enriched with peanut butter, enjoyed at breakfast or as a snack in Zimbabwe. Its mild, slightly salty taste makes it comforting and filling.

20 min
4 servings
Medium
Budget-friendly
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

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Ingredients

Optional extras

1 tbsp Sweetened condensed milk

Nutrition facts

334 kcal per serving

Protein: 7.6 g
Carbohydrates: 48.8 g
of which sugars: 8.9 g
Fat: 11.6 g
of which saturated fat: 2.2 g
Fiber: 2.3 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

Bring 750 ml of water to a boil with the salt in a saucepan.
Dissolve the maize flour in the remaining 250 ml of cold water until you have a smooth paste with no lumps.
Pour the mixture into the boiling water, whisking vigorously.
Let it thicken over low heat for 10 minutes, stirring often so the porridge doesn't stick.
In a bowl, loosen the peanut butter with a ladleful of hot porridge until you have a smooth cream.
Stir this cream into the porridge, add the sugar and mix well for 2 minutes.
Serve hot in bowls.