Name: Curried mealie meal tart
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 2.00 Litres water; 300.00 g maize meal; 20.00 ml salt; 10.00 ml curry powder mild; 5.00 ml turmeric; 410.00 g sweetcorn tinned, drained; 250.00 g bacon; 1.00 onion sliced; 200.00 g button mushrooms sliced; 4.00 tomatoes peeled and finely chopped; 50.00 ml margarine; 75.00 ml flour cake; 375.00 ml milk; 5.00 ml mustard powder; salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

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Ingredients (15)

CURRIED MEALIE MEAL

2.00 Litres	water
300.00 g	maize meal
20.00 ml	salt
10.00 ml	curry powder — mild
5.00 ml	turmeric
410.00 g	sweetcorn — tinned, drained

mushroom sauce

250.00 g	bacon
1.00	onion — sliced
200.00 g	button mushrooms — sliced
4.00	tomatoes — peeled and finely chopped
50.00 ml	margarine
75.00 ml	flour — cake
375.00 ml	milk
5.00 ml	mustard — powder
	salt and freshly ground black pepper — to taste

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Method:

Preheat the oven to 180 ºC (350 ºF). Grease a large ovenproof dish with margarine. Blend 500 ml of the water with the mealie meal. Heat the remaining water, adding the salt, curry powder and turmeric. Slowly add the mealie meal mixture to the water once it comes to the boil and stir continuously. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 20 minutes or until the mealie meal is cooked. Add the sweetcorn and mix well. Prepare the sauce while the mealie meal is cooking. Fry the bacon until crisp and dice. Sauté the onion and mushrooms in the oil in the pan until soft. Add more oil if necessary. Add the tomatoes and simmer until a thick sauce is formed.
In another saucepan, prepare a white sauce using the margarine, cake flour and milk. Season with mustard powder and salt and pepper to taste. Add the white sauce to the tomato mixture and mix well. Simmer for 5 minutes. Turn half the mealie meal mixture into the prepared oven dish while the porridge is still slack. Spoon half the mushroom sauce on top. Repeat the layers. Sprinkle the top layer with the combined Cheddar cheese and breadcrumbs. Bake for about 30 minutes or until the dish is heated through and the breadcrumbs have turned pale brown.
Serves 8-10.