COPPERPap recipe
White maize meal cooked in salted water and stirred into a stiff porridge, eaten by hand alongside meat and stews.
Ingredients
- 400 g maize meal
- 1000 ml water
- 1 tsp salt
How to make Pap
- Measure 4 cups of water and pour it into a large pot.
- Place the pot over high heat and bring the water to a boil.
- Once boiling, add 1 teaspoon of salt to the water and stir.
- Gradually pour in 2 cups of maize meal, stirring continuously to prevent lumps.
- Reduce the heat to low and cook while stirring for about 20 minutes until thickened.
- Once thickened, remove the pot from heat and let it sit for about 5 minutes to firm up.
- Spoon the pap into serving dishes.
- Serve the pap hot as a delightful side dish.
What is Pap?
Pap is a traditional dish from Botswana, boiled, and takes about 30 minutes from start to finish. It is built around maize meal. The recipe below uses 3 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Pap take?
At 30 minutes it is quicker than 97% of the 586 dishes in Copper's atlas. Copper's atlas has 4 dishes built on maize meal. The method runs to 8 steps, the longest being 20 minutes.
Any tips for making Pap?
Pour the maize meal in gradually while stirring continuously to prevent lumps, then let the pap sit off the heat to firm up.
How Pap compares
At 30 minutes, Pap is among the 20 quickest of the 586 dishes Copper documents.
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