A Heritage Day Culinary Hotline with Meals with Mash

Thilivhali Mugwena, also known as “Meals with Mash” guides us through the preparation of these traditional dishes!

Recipe by Thilivhali Mugwena

Ingredients:

  • 1.5kg Ox tripe, cleaned
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 3L water
  • 4 beef stock cubes
  • 2 Tbsp curry powder
  • 2 Tbsp paprika

How To Make Ox Tripe

  1. In a pot, add tripe, bay leaves and 2 stock cubes then pour 1.5L water then boil until there is no water left.
  2. Then sear the tripe with the excess fat in the pot and season with curry powder and paprika.
  3. Add beef stock cubes and the remaining 1.5L and cook on low heat until the sauce reduces.
  4. Serve immediately with any sides of your choice.

Ingredients:

  • ½ pumpkin, peeled and cut in cubes
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 4 cups maize meal
  • 1L water

How To Make Pumpkin Pap (Thophi/Umqa)

  1. Boil pumpkin cubes until soft.
  2. Mash the pumpkin with its excess water then stir in sugar and simmer for two minutes.
  3. In a bowl, mix 1 cup of maize meal with water then stir that to the simmering pumpkin.
  4. Stir this until you get the consistency of soft porridge.
  5. Cover the pot with a lid and leave it to cook for 10 minutes.
  6. Remove the lid from the pot and gradually stir in the remaining maize meal until the pumpkin pap is slightly firm.
  7. Cover the pot with a lid the leave it to cook for 10min.
  8. Remove from heat and fold the pap then serve immediately.

Ingredients:

  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion, diced
  • ½ green pepper, diced
  • 1 tomato, diced
  • 2 Tbsp cajun seasoning
  • 1 Tbsp crushed Chillies
  • 1 Tbsp paprika
  • 1 Tbsp curry powder
  • 1 Tbsp worcestershire sauce
  • 12 chicken feet
  • 500 ml water
  • 1 chicken stock cube

How To Make Chicken Feet

  1. Heat the oil, then sauté the onion and green pepper until soft.
  2. Add the tomato, cajun seasoning, chillies, paprika, curry powder and Worcestershire sauce.
  3. Add the chicken feet.
  4. Add the water and stock cube.
  5. Cover the pot with a lid and leave it to simmer until the chicken feet are tender and the sauce has thickened.