Recipe isigezenga or dumpling

by Lillian Nowatasa Tumani

This is a recipe for a traditional Xhosa meal called isigezenga (Xhosa) or dumpling (English). You see Lillian Nowatasa Tumani, mother of Raymond Matinyana, at work in her kitchen in her house in Nelson Mandela Township.

The amount in the recipe are for about 2 people. In the photos you see Lillian cooking a big pot for more people.
Text by Lillian.

Part 1.

1. Take about 200g flour	2. Mix with half a teaspoon of salt	3. Mix 1 teaspoon sugar
4. Mix half a teaspoon of dried yeast	5. Take cold water	6. Add hot water to make it lukewarm
7. You need half a litre of lukewarm water	8. Slowly add water to flour and knead	9. Knead the dough
10. Ready when it doesn't stick to hands	11. In a dish or pot to rise	12. Cover pot with a cloth to be warm
13. Peel carrots, potatoes, onions, tomatoes	14. Cook 2 pieces of steak or chops, cut into cubes, till half cooked	15. Strain water from meat; add onion

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