Desserts
Tsabe (sweet maize pudding)
A sweet, creamy paste of maize meal cooked in milk with butter. It is served warm as a dessert in the Swazi family tradition.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
Instructions
- Mix the maize meal with 100 ml of cold milk to make a smooth paste.
- Heat the rest of the milk with the sugar and salt in a saucepan until it starts to simmer.
- Pour the mixed paste into the hot milk while whisking constantly.
- Let it thicken for 15 minutes over low heat, stirring regularly, until it has a pudding-like texture.
- Off the heat, add the butter and vanilla and stir well.
- Spoon into bowls and serve warm, sprinkled with cinnamon if you like.
Variations and tips
Caramel version. Melt 50 g of sugar into a caramel and pour it over the pudding just before serving.
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Original Ecomely recipe.