Name: Ting ya Mabele with Tshotlo
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: black pepper; 1 T dried oregano; 1 cup mabele-a-ting (coarse ground sorghum); 1½ kg beef brisket cut into 2 or 3 large pieces; 1½ T mild masala; 500 ml beef stock; 1 onion, finely chopped; 1 can chopped tomatoes; water; 2 T lime juice; 185 ml 100 per cent orange juice; 1 t garlic flakes; salt and pepper; 1 t salt; 2 T olive oil; salt; 3 cups water; 1½ cups lukewarm water; 120 g maize meal; 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 t ground coriander; 1 T paprika; 1 t onion powder; 1 t ground allspice

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Dijo

By Lesego Semenya

Published 2018

About

I won’t lie to you and act like I enjoy every dish that I make. Growing up in Soweto was a mixture of school, playing in the street or in the nearby veld, a steady convoy of family gatherings and church. Having visitors on Sundays was an excuse for my mom to have a bit of an occasion. She would cook from sunrise to lunchtime.

My mom is a moTswana and my dad a moPedi. Although sorghum (similar to millet) grows all over the country, for some reason baTswana are associated with making