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Porridge

🥣 Porridge

Morning porridge — nourishing and filling.

Porridge recipe Tanzania — 8 steps, serves 4.

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Ingredients

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Serves 4 Prep 5 min Cook 20 min Calories ~113 kcal
  • 1 cup Millet flour
  • 1/2 cup Maize flour
  • 4 cups Water
  • 1 cup Milk
  • to taste Sugar
  • pinch Pinch of salt
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How to cook Porridge

Uji porridge is breakfast and supper for children and adults across Tanzania, made from maize, millet or mixed flours. Eaten morning and evening with sugar, milk or ginger. Filling and grain-based comfort food.

  1. Boil water with a pinch of salt in a pot.
  2. Mix millet and maize flour with cold water into a smooth slurry.
  3. Pour slurry slowly into boiling water while stirring with a whisk or spoon.
  4. Cook medium heat, stirring often to prevent lumps.
  5. Reduce heat as porridge thickens.
  6. Add milk and stir 5 more minutes.
  7. Sweeten to taste; porridge should be pourable but thick.
  8. Serve hot in bowls; add ground ginger if desired.

Tips

  • Slurry prevents lumps — never dump dry flour into boiling water.
  • Millet-maize mix tastes more traditional than single flour.
  • Constant stirring is the secret to smooth uji.

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Frequently asked questions

Jinsi ya kupika porridge?
Mapishi ya Porridge yapo hapa chini — hatua 8 za kupika nyumbani, pamoja na viungo na vidokezo.
Viungo vya porridge ni vipi?
Orodha kamili ya viungo na vipimo iko kwenye sehemu ya Viungo hapa chini.

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