Umqombothi

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4 – 6

    • Difficulty

      Complex

    • Ready in

      73 hr

Appears in
The Lazy Makoti's Guide to the Kitchen

By Mogau Seshoene

Published 2018

  • About

What’s a celebration without umqombothi? This has become one of my favourite recipes to share, especially since I went to a friend’s family event where there was no one to brew the beer – that’s because no one knew how, except an aunt who wasn’t there! Yet umqombothi is an important beverage that is essential in celebrations and communication with the ancestors. I found it sad that we’re losing so much of our heritage and culture because we’re not learning, and working to preserve it. So he