Umngqusho

Name: Umngqusho
Yield: 350.00 g
Cuisine: South Africa
Ingredients: 120.00 g Samp (stampedmielies — hominy corn; dried maize kernels with pericarp/germ partially removed by pounding; chewy, starchy; requires soaking overnight + 2–3h cooking; Nelson Mandela's stated favourite food — the dish that grounded him to the Transkei); 80.00 g Dried cowpeas/sugar beans (added partway through the samp cooking — the different cooking times require staged addition; together they merge into the umngqusho texture); 15.00 g Onion, salt and butter (simple seasoning — the umngqusho's depth comes entirely from the long cook of the two legumes together)

Umngqusho from South Africa: explore its ingredients, nutrition facts, 475 calories per serving, and cultural origin.

Umngqusho — South Africa

Umngqusho: Xhosa dish of samp and cowpeas, a cultural staple and famously known as Nelson Mandela's favorite meal.

Foods: Umngqusho

120.00 g Samp (stampedmielies — hominy corn; dried maize kernels with pericarp/germ partially removed by pounding; chewy, starchy; requires soaking overnight + 2–3h cooking; Nelson Mandela's stated favourite food — the dish that grounded him to the Transkei)
80.00 g Dried cowpeas/sugar beans (added partway through the samp cooking — the different cooking times require staged addition; together they merge into the umngqusho texture)
15.00 g Onion, salt and butter (simple seasoning — the umngqusho's depth comes entirely from the long cook of the two legumes together)