Paptert
Serves 6
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Ingredients
2 tsps butter
120g pap or polenta
150ml milk
500ml chicken stock
100g grated cheese (such as cheddar)
Ingredients for the chakalaka
2 tbsps oil
250g onion, finely chopped
1 tbsp curry powder, we used 2 tsp of medium Raja powder and 1 tsp of hot Raja powder
1 x 400g tin crushed tomatoes
1 tin water (use the empty tomato tin to pick up all of the tomato juice)
1 stock pot, chicken or vegetable
2 tbsp Mrs Balls chutney
1 tbsp Worcester sauce
1 tbsp home made peri peri or other hot sauce
1 tsp sugar
tsp ground black pepper
Method
Preheat the oven to 200c.
Start with the chakalaka. Heat the oil in a large saucepan and gently fry the onion over a medium heat for 5-7 minutes until soft and translucent - you don't want any colour on the onions. Add the curry powder and cook for a minute. Add the rest of the chakalaka ingredients and stir.
Reduce the heat and leave to cook for 45-60 minutes stirring from time to time.
Butter an oven dish with 1 tsp of the butter.
Put the polenta, milk and stock into the dish and stir. Put into the oven for 30 minutes, stirring with a whisk 20 minutes in.
Put the pap back into the oven for the remaining time. It should be fluffy, if it looks too stiff, add a touch of water or milk, if it still a little wet, put back into the oven for 5 more minutes.
Remove from the oven and rest while the chakalaka finishes.
When the time for the chakalaka is up, check the seasoning, you may need to add a little more sugar or salt.
Tip the chakalaka over the top of the pap and cover with the cheese. Bake for 30 minutes until golden and gorgeous.