Pumpkin and Maize Porridge
Pumpkin/Butternut Maize Meal Porridge
Once you have this sweet and savoury porridge you will never have porrigde the same again
Ingredients
- For the Porridge:
- 500 ml water
- 250 ml milk or plant-based milk
- 150 g maize meal mealie-meal
- 200 g cooked pumpkin or butternut squash mashed
- 30 g butter plus extra for frying the egg
- 5 ml 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2.5 ml ½ teaspoon salt
- 50 g brown sugar or to taste
- For the Toppings:
- 100 ml Lacto sour milk
- 1 egg
- 30 ml butter for frying the egg
- Instructions:
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, combine the water and milk. Bring to a simmer over medium heat.
- Gradually whisk in the maize meal, ensuring there are no lumps.
- Reduce the heat to low and cook, stirring continuously, for about 5-7 minutes, or until the porridge thickens.
- Add the mashed pumpkin or butternut squash, butter, cinnamon, salt, and brown sugar. Stir well until everything is combined.
- Continue to cook for another 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the porridge is smooth and creamy.
- Fry the Egg:
- In a separate small skillet, melt the 30ml of butter over medium heat.
- Carefully crack the egg into the skillet.
- Cook until the white is set and the edges are crispy, but the yolk is still soft (sunny-side up).
- Assemble and Serve:
- Pour the warm maize meal porridge into serving bowls.
- Drizzle the Lacto (sour milk) over the porridge.
- Carefully place the crispy fried egg on top of each bowl.
- Serve immediately.
- Tips and Variations:
Notes
For a richer flavor, use full-cream milk.
Adjust the amount of brown sugar to your preference.
If you don't have Lacto, you can use plain yogurt or buttermilk as a substitute.
Add a sprinkle of nutmeg or ginger to the porridge for extra warmth.
You can add raisins or chopped nuts to the porridge while cooking.
If you would like a sweeter egg, you can sprinkle a small amount of sugar on the egg while it is frying.
If you do not like a runny yolk, cook the egg longer.
If you do not have brown sugar, white sugar can be substituted.
Adjust the amount of brown sugar to your preference.
If you don't have Lacto, you can use plain yogurt or buttermilk as a substitute.
Add a sprinkle of nutmeg or ginger to the porridge for extra warmth.
You can add raisins or chopped nuts to the porridge while cooking.
If you would like a sweeter egg, you can sprinkle a small amount of sugar on the egg while it is frying.
If you do not like a runny yolk, cook the egg longer.
If you do not have brown sugar, white sugar can be substituted.
Pumpkin/Butternut Maize Meal Porridge
Once you have this sweet and savoury porridge you will never have porrigde the same again
Ingredients
- For the Porridge:
- 500 ml water
- 250 ml milk or plant-based milk
- 150 g maize meal mealie-meal
- 200 g cooked pumpkin or butternut squash mashed
- 30 g butter plus extra for frying the egg
- 5 ml 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2.5 ml ½ teaspoon salt
- 50 g brown sugar or to taste
- For the Toppings:
- 100 ml Lacto sour milk
- 1 egg
- 30 ml butter for frying the egg
- Instructions:
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, combine the water and milk. Bring to a simmer over medium heat.
- Gradually whisk in the maize meal, ensuring there are no lumps.
- Reduce the heat to low and cook, stirring continuously, for about 5-7 minutes, or until the porridge thickens.
- Add the mashed pumpkin or butternut squash, butter, cinnamon, salt, and brown sugar. Stir well until everything is combined.
- Continue to cook for another 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the porridge is smooth and creamy.
- Fry the Egg:
- In a separate small skillet, melt the 30ml of butter over medium heat.
- Carefully crack the egg into the skillet.
- Cook until the white is set and the edges are crispy, but the yolk is still soft (sunny-side up).
- Assemble and Serve:
- Pour the warm maize meal porridge into serving bowls.
- Drizzle the Lacto (sour milk) over the porridge.
- Carefully place the crispy fried egg on top of each bowl.
- Serve immediately.
- Tips and Variations:
Notes
For a richer flavor, use full-cream milk.
Adjust the amount of brown sugar to your preference.
If you don’t have Lacto, you can use plain yogurt or buttermilk as a substitute.
Add a sprinkle of nutmeg or ginger to the porridge for extra warmth.
You can add raisins or chopped nuts to the porridge while cooking.
If you would like a sweeter egg, you can sprinkle a small amount of sugar on the egg while it is frying.
If you do not like a runny yolk, cook the egg longer.
If you do not have brown sugar, white sugar can be substituted.
Adjust the amount of brown sugar to your preference.
If you don’t have Lacto, you can use plain yogurt or buttermilk as a substitute.
Add a sprinkle of nutmeg or ginger to the porridge for extra warmth.
You can add raisins or chopped nuts to the porridge while cooking.
If you would like a sweeter egg, you can sprinkle a small amount of sugar on the egg while it is frying.
If you do not like a runny yolk, cook the egg longer.
If you do not have brown sugar, white sugar can be substituted.