Kenyan Ugali

Have had a few requests, so thought I'd post it for all to see!

(1) Buy maize flour - it must be white corn meal, not regular corn meal - buy from health food store or African shop. It's a bit fine and not as gritty as yellow corn meal, but not as fine as wheat flour.

(2) Boil "enough" water on the stove - probably 1.5-2 cups for 2 people.

(3) While still boiling on a hot burner (turn down to med-high at this point), dump in "enough" maize flour to mound up slightly above the boiling water.

(4) Mix with a wooden stick or hard spatula - slowly at first to avoid splashing, then quickly as more maize flour is incorporated. Break up any clumps and keep stirring/pushing it against the side of the pot for about 2-3 min - it will get very hard to do!

(5) Shape it in the pot to cover the bottom and let it sit uncovered on a medium burner for about 4-5 min. It's good if the bottom gets brown but not burnt! There should be lots of steam coming up through it, and it should sort of lift off of the bottom of the pot.

(6) Flip the pot onto a plate and it should just come out with not too much urging. If it won't come out, it's probably not cooked enough, or there's either too much or not enough water.

(7) Shape into a smooth mound with a wide/soup bowl and keep it covered until ready to eat with any any tomato-based stewed meat or veggies (add lots of cilantro to meat/chicken to make it taste Kenyan).

Let me know if you try it - and how it turned out of course!!!