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Chimodho

Name: Chimodho
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Zimbabwe
Ingredients: 300g Bread flour; 150g Corn grits; 6g Dry yeast; 2 tbsp Sugar; 1 tsp Salt; 30g Butter; 300ml Water

Side Dish

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

A dense bread of maize meal and wheat flour — Zimbabwe's traditional loaf.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Chimodho is a traditional Zimbabwean bread: maize meal is mixed into wheat flour, leavened with yeast, and baked into a big round loaf. Dense and hearty, it was once baked in pots or clay ovens. It's eaten with tea for breakfast or as a snack, spread with butter or jam.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Zimbabwean village yard, a big round loaf baked in a pot with coals on its lid is lifted out and sliced to go with tea.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Bread flour 300g
Corn grits 150g
Dry yeast 6g
Sugar 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Butter 30g
Water 300ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the bread flour, maize meal, yeast, sugar, and salt.
Add the lukewarm water and softened butter and knead 10 minutes.
Let rise 1 hour until doubled.
Shape into a round, put in a pan, and rest 30 minutes.
Bake at 180°C for 40 minutes.

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