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Tinkhobe

Name: Tinkhobe
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Eswatini
Ingredients: 3 Corn; 1.5L Water; 1 tsp Salt; 10g Butter

Snack

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Corn kernels boiled with salt — a simple Eswatini snack.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Tinkhobe is siSwati for boiled corn kernels. Dried corn kernels are boiled in salted water until tender. It's a simple Eswatini taste, eaten as a children's snack or a light bite between field work.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At harvest time in an Eswatini village, kernels are stripped from corn hung under the eaves, boiled in a pot, and served in bowls.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Corn 3
Water 1.5L
Salt 1 tsp
Butter 10g

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Remove the husks and silk and cut the kernels off with a knife.
Bring water and salt to a boil in a pot.
Add the kernels and boil 10 minutes.
Drain in a sieve.
Toss with butter while hot and serve.

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