Main Meals

Umgqusho nmasi

4
Easy
5 minutes
2 hours, plus overnight soaking time

“I know I say this about everything, but this is a God-ordained combo on a hot, lazy and broke day. My mom first showed me this simple breakfast-slash-lunch dish, and I wasn’t sold until I had my first mouthful – there’s a strange decadence to it, it’s neither sweet nor savoury. It’s just… correct. It’s little more than boiled samp, which is rinsed to remove the excess starch, and straight-out-of-the-fridge cold amasi poured over. A satiating, abundant and delicious alternative to umphokoqo namasi.” –

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Ingredients

Method
  • 340 g samp
  • 6 cups water
  • 1 t salt
  • 4 cups amasi

Method

Ingredients

1. Rinse the samp and place in a heavy-based saucepan. Add the cold water and salt and bring to a boil. Boil for 2 hours or until tender to the bite, but still holding its shape.

2. Allow to cool to room temperature then serve immediately in bowls topped with amasi.

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Photographs and videography: Khanya Mzongwana and Katharine Pope
Production: Khanya Mzongwana
Food assistant: Leila-Ann Mokotedi

Khanya Mzongwana

Recipe by: Khanya Mzongwana

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