Ledombolo with Mogodu

Ledombolo or ‘dombolo’ is one of the things I love most about going home. It reminds me of my childhood and Sunday lunches. Directly taken from the English word ‘dumpling’, ledombolo is basically a South African dumpling.

Just like magwinya, there are loads of ways of doing it and a few different names too depending on how you make it (if you make it into balls and cook them in a stew, for example, or if you steam it in a dish, amaZulu have a name