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Nhopi

Name: Nhopi
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Zimbabwe
Ingredients: 500g Pumpkin; 3 tbsp Peanut butter; 3 tbsp Corn grits; 1 tsp Sugar; A pinch Salt; 300ml Water

Side Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Mashed pumpkin mixed with maize meal and peanut butter — a Zimbabwean pumpkin dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Nhopi is a traditional Zimbabwean pumpkin dish: boiled pumpkin is mashed, thickened slightly with maize meal, and mixed with peanut butter. Sweet and rich, it's eaten for breakfast or as a light meal, and is often made in farming homes at pumpkin harvest time.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In autumn on a Zimbabwean farm, harvested pumpkin simmers in a pot and the smooth orange paste is spooned into wooden bowls.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Pumpkin 500g
Peanut butter 3 tbsp
Corn grits 3 tbsp
Sugar 1 tsp
Salt A pinch
Water 300ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel and seed the pumpkin and dice.
Boil the pumpkin in water for 15 minutes until tender.
Mash smooth with a wooden spoon.
Sprinkle in the maize meal and cook 10 minutes, stirring.
Mix in the peanut butter, sugar, and salt.

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