Sweet & Creamy Pumpkin Isidudu with Curried Cabbage

By Funeka Zokufa

Picture by Green Monday

Ingredients

• 750 ml cooked pumpkin
• 1 litre water
• 625 ml maize meal
• 60 ml sugar
• 5 ml salt
• 45 ml oil
• 1 onion
• 3 cups cabbage
• 3 potatoes, peeled, diced, boiled
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 15 ml curry powder
• 15 ml paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. First make isidudu (pumpkin pap): boil water, then add sugar, salt and pumpkin, stirring to mix.
2. Add maize meal and mix well. 
3. Leave to simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. In a separate pan, heat oil and add onion, fry till translucent.
5. Add garlic, curry powder and paprika and mix well.
6. Add cabbage, cooked potatoes, salt, and saute until the cabbage is soft. Season if needed.
7. To serve, spoon curried cabbage over isidudu.