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Pressure Cooker Steamed Mealie Bread

Pressure Cooker Steamed Mealie Bread is a traditional South African recipe for a classic steamed bread made from fresh corn kernels bound with flour and eggs and leavened with baking powder that's cooked in a pressure cooker. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic South African version of: Pressure Cooker Steamed Mealie Bread.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

30 minutes

Total Time:

50 minutes

Serves:

6

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Bread RecipesCake RecipesSouth-africa Recipes


Ingredients:

10 mealies, kernels cut from the cob (ie 10 ears of corn)
4 tbsp plain flour
1 tbsp baking powder
3 eggs, beaten
2 tbsp butter
generous pinch of salt

Method:

Take 10 white mealie corn cobs and cut the kernels from them. Mince the kernels or pulse in a food processor (if the corn is very young add a thick slice of bread to soak up the excess moisture).

Turn the processed mealies into a bowl then stir in the flour. Add the baking powder, beaten eggs, butter and salt then beat until smooth. You should have a mixture resembling cake batter.

Turn the batter into a well-greased loaf tin then cover with greased foil and secure with string. Place the loaf tin on top of a trivet in your pressure cooker and add 1.5l of boiling water. Bring up to pressure and cook for 30 minutes.

Allow the pressure to release slowly (this is the secret to keeping the pudding light). Set aside to cool a little then remove the mealie bread from its bowl.

Serve hot, accompanied with plenty of butter.