Bidia

==Description==
Stiff porridge
==Ingredients==
* 1¼ cups white cornmeal
* 1 cup milk
==Directions==
# Heat a cup of water to boiling in a medium-size saucepan.
# Meanwhile, in a bowl or measuring cup, gradually add ¾ cup of the cornmeal to the milk, stirring briskly to make a smooth paste.
# Add the mixture to the boiling water, continuing to stir constantly.
# Cook for 4 or 5 minutes while adding the remaining cornmeal.
# When the mixture begins to pull away from the sides of the pot and stick together, remove from heat.
# Dump bidia into a bowl.
# Then, with damp hands, shape it into a smooth ball, flipping it so that the rounded sides of the bowl help to smooth it.
# Serve immediately.
# To eat in the traditional manner, tear off a small chunk and make an indentation in it with your thumb.
# Use this hollow as a “bowl” to scoop up sauces and stews.
# Variations : for a less conventional, but delicious porridge, dump half a cup of yellow cornmeal into a cup or more of boiling water.
# It will form lumps, but if you stir and mash vigorously with a strong wire whisk, the lumps will disappear.
# Add more cornmeal as necessary until you have a consistency similar to cream of wheat.
# Cook for 3 or 4 minutes, stirring constantly.
# Serve hot.
Category:Cornmeal Recipes
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Category:South African Vegetarian
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