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Recipes from Namibia: home cooking with cultural background, ingredient substitutes and step-by-step instructions.

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Oshifima made with mahangu flour and maize meal, served at the table beside a vegetable sauce
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Oshifima: Namibian Stiff Porridge with Mahangu Flour (Oshifimá)

How to make oshifima (Oshifimá), the stiff pearl millet porridge eaten daily in the Oshikwanyama-speaking north of Namibia, in a two-serving home version that combines mahangu flour and fine maize meal. Covers when to add each flour, how to work the porridge against the pot, eating it by hand with sauce, and how it differs from the unsalted all-millet method and maize-only mielie pap.

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