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Chikondamoyo

Name: Chikondamoyo
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Malawi
Ingredients: 200g All-purpose flour; 50g Corn grits; 80g Sugar; 200ml Milk; 1 Egg; 3 tbsp Vegetable oil; 2 tsp Baking Powder; A pinch Salt

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

A sweet, fluffy bread of wheat flour and maize meal — from Malawi.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Chikondamoyo means 'something that pleases the heart' in Chichewa, a sweet baked bread. Wheat flour and maize meal are mixed with sugar, milk, and baking powder and baked until fluffy in a pot or oven. It's eaten with tea for breakfast or a snack.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a morning in a Malawian home, a fluffy round pot-baked bread is sliced and set beside cups of sweet tea.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

All-purpose flour 200g
Corn grits 50g
Sugar 80g
Milk 200ml
Egg 1
Vegetable oil 3 tbsp
Baking Powder 2 tsp
Salt A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the flour, maize meal, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
Add the milk, egg, and oil and mix.
Pour into a pan.
Bake at 180°C for 35 minutes.
Slice and serve with tea.

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