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#GreenMondaySA: Isidudu and curried cabbage

This delicious isidudu pap (porridge) dish, also known as pumpkin pap is best served with milk or Amasi, and with curried cabbage as an accompaniment, it's sure to warm up any winter night.
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Ingredients

• 750 ml cooked pumpkin
• One litre of water
• 625 ml maize meal
• 60 ml sugar
• Five ml salt

Curried cabbage:

• 45 ml oil
• One large onion, chopped
• 750 ml cabbage, finely chopped
• Three potatoes, peeled, diced and boiled
• Three garlic cloves, crushed
• 15 ml curry powder
• 15 ml ground paprika
• Salt to taste

Method

1. To make isidudu (pumpkin pap): boil water, then add sugar, salt and pumpkin, stirring to mix.

2. Add maize meal and mix well.

3. Leave to simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

4. Heat oil and add onion, cabbage, potatoes, garlic, curry, paprika and salt and sauté until soft.

5. To serve, spoon curried cabbage over isidudu.

Recipe credit: Funeka Zokufa for HSI / Africa

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