Ugali

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Ugali served with cabbage

Description

Ugali is a thick porridge usually served at breakfast.

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup white cornmeal

Directions

1. Boil the water with the salt added in a saucepan.
2. In a separate bowl, stir the milk into the white cornmeal.
3. Keep stirring until it is smooth.
4. Then slowly pour the cornmeal mixture into the boiling salted water.
5. Stir this mixture constantly for a couple of minutes until it starts to thicken.
6. Turn the heat on the stove to low and continue to cook the ugali for about 10 - 15 minutes.
7. Stir it every couple of minutes.
8. Keep cooking and stirring until the ugali is very stiff and thick and pulls away from the sides of the saucepan.