Sadza

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sadza is the Shona language name for a cooked corn meal that is the staple food in Zimbabwe and other parts of southern and eastern Africa. Other names include isitshwala (Ndebele). This food is cooked widely in other countries of the region. It is known as nsima in the Chichewa language of Malawi, and pap in South Africa. In Kenya, it is called ugali. Sadza in appearance is a thickened porridge. The most common form of sadza is made with white maize (Mealie-Meal). This maize meal is referred to as hupfu in Shona or impuphu in Ndebele. Despite the fact that maize is actually an imported food crop to Zimbabwe (circa 1890), it has become the chief source of carbohydrate and the most popular meal for indigenous people. Locals either purchase the meal in retail outlets or produce it in a grinding mill from their own maize.... Mehr