Munkoyo

How to make Munkoyo

Ingredients

• 1 cup Mealie meal
• Munkoyo roots (at least 5 Munkoyo roots soaked in water for 2 hours prior)
• 3 cups of Masembe (Crushed Maize Meal)
• Water
• Sugar

Method

1. Soak the Munkoyo sticks in medium sized water about 3 hrs before making the Chibwantu.
2. Wash the Masembe
3. Put some water in a pot. When it starts boiling, add the Masembe and stir the continuously with a wooden cooking stick.
4. When it starts to thicken like a porridge, make a paste of mealie meal and water in a separate bowl then add it to the mixture while stirring continuously.
5. Let it cook for about 30 -45 minutes
6. Cool for at least 1 hour and stir the mixture from time to time Remove from the pot and after it cools, mix the cooled Masembe porridge with the Munkoyo water and sticks, mashing the lamps in the water until it is well mixed.
7. Leave it to rest for about 2 to 3 days for fermentation to take place.
8. When it has fermented, remove the Munkoyo sticks

Published: November 22, 2018

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