Dombolo (Dumplings or steamed bread)
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour About 500ml
- 1 cup maize meal you can replace this with flour, if you prefer
- 1×10 g sachet dry yeast
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 cups lukewarm water or water mixed with milk
- 1 egg beaten
Instructions
- Sift the flour and mix in the maize meal, yeast, sugar and salt.
- Mix the egg with the water and add enough lukewarm liquid to the dry ingredients to form a soft but pliable dough.
- Knead for 10 minutes.Cover the dough with plastic and leave to rise until double in size.
- Knock down the dough and place in a greased enamel bowl.
- Allow to rise once again until double in size before steaming.
- Meanwhile prepare a pot for steaming: bring water to the boil in a pot large enough to hold the bowl containing the dombolo.
- Immerse the bowl in the hot water (the water should come one third of the way up the sides of the bowl).
- Seal the pot tightly and simmer gently for 1 hour.
- Avoid opening the lid while steaming.
- Replenish the water if necessary.
- To serve, cut the dombolo into wedges.
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