About this dish
A slightly fermented, tangy maize drink, refreshing and mildly sweet.
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Ingredients
🌽1 cup maize meal
🫙4 cups water
🌾2 tbsp flour, for fermentation starter
🍬Sugar, to taste
Method
Serves 41
Cook maize meal into a thin porridge with water.2
Cool to room temperature and stir in a little flour as a fermentation starter.3
Let ferment at room temperature for a day or two.4
Strain if desired for a smoother texture.5
Sweeten to taste and serve chilled.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Mahewu is a traditional Southern African fermented maize drink, commonly enjoyed as a refreshing everyday beverage.
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