Umbako (Xhosa mealie bread)

Name: Umbako (Xhosa mealie bread)
Yield: serving
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: 210.00 g flour cake; 185.00 g flour wholewheat; 5.00 ml salt; 3.00 ml cayenne pepper; 10.00 g Superbake Instant Yeast; 410.00 g sweetcorn tinned, drained; 2.00 sweetcorn cut off thr corn; 45.00 ml brown sugar; 2.00 eggs large; 25.00 ml oil; sesame seeds for topping

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By Food24 November 03 2009

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Ingredients (11)

210.00 g	flour — cake
185.00 g	flour — wholewheat
5.00 ml	salt
3.00 ml	cayenne pepper
10.00 g	Superbake Instant Yeast
410.00 g	sweetcorn — tinned, drained
2.00	sweetcorn — cut off thr corn
45.00 ml	brown sugar
2.00	eggs — large
25.00 ml	oil
	sesame seeds — for topping

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Method:

Mix together the flour, salt, cayenne pepper, yeast, corn and sugar in a large bowl.
Whisk together the eggs, oil and 250 ml warm water.
Add to the dry ingredients, a little at a time, folding in well.
Mix until the ingredients are just combined. Don’t overmix.
Grease a loaf tin and dust with a little flour.
Pour in the mixture and leave to rise for 1 hour in a warm place. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Bake in a preheated 180 ºC oven for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
Makes 1 loaf.