Umgqusho onembhotyi means samp and beans. The dish is normally simply referred to as Umgqusho. The samp and beans is delicious served with a nice beef or chicken stew. This recipe is sufficient for 6 people.
Ingredients
- 2 cups samp (soaked overnight)
- 2 cups dried sugar beans (soaked overnight)
- 8 cups water
- salt to taste
Method
Drain the samp and beans and rinse off. Place in a deep pot, cover with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat and let the mixture simmer for 3 hours or until both samp and beans are soft to the touch. Add salt and serve hot.
Happy eating!
This looks very simple and delicious…mmm. By the way, I tried your chocolate pudding. It was really delicious. Will post soon. Thanks very much for the recipe.
@MaryMoh – Thanks, I am glad you enjoyed the choc pudding, i is one of my favourites as well.
Lovely – looking forward to some more traditional African (Zulu & Xhosa) recipes on your site.
@Marisa – There are quite a few of those recipes in the pipeline.
Oh, Arnold, I miss this simple, homey dish! I’m going to have to scour the stores here in the US to find the equivalent of samp (cracked corn, for others who might not know what it is). Our many varieties of US cornmeal are too fine and our traditional grits are processed in a uniquely different way. Perhaps my best bet would be to buy dried corn and use a hammer on it. Well done! Stumbled.
I think my southern cooking mind has figured out this is something like taking a mallet to dried posole corn and combining with small lima beans. Quite the marriage! I’m going to have to give this a go. Looks delicious! You are expanding my world!
@Suzanne – the best description I could find anywhere is the one provided by Wikipedia: “Samp is dried corn kernels that have been stamped and chopped until broken but not as fine as Mielie-meal or mielie rice.” Thanks for the visit.
@Barbara – I do not think this one is going to be easy to find in your part of the world but anything is possible these days. I have friends in Charlotte (North Carolina) and they have found samp in one of their local stores.
Personally I am not too keen on this dish as a whole, I prefer the samp without the beans. Samp served with something like oxtail is simply delicious.
Thanks for the stumble.
There are South African Shop all over the USA, as here in the UK. We have one near us here in the UK. which supplies me with my Tennis Biscuit and Pineapple Jellies. Have a look on line.
@Valerie – This is good news. So many people are always wondering where to get the South African products. I have added a link to the conversion tables page that points to a site where South African shops in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia can be found