Melkkos - A South African favourite
Whenever we are faced with rainy overcast weather here in Sunny South Africa, we always feel the need for comfort food. We can handle a day or two of - as we call it - miserable weather, but as soon as it rains for longer than two days, we don't cope so well. And that is when comfort food is needed.
Melkkos is a traditional Afrikaans meal, and when directly translated into English it means Milkfood.
All you do to make this delicious milk "porridge" is basically putting 2 litres of cold milk in a pot, whisking in 250g of corn flour/maizena and you keep whisking it until it boils. Once it starts to boil, you turn the heat right down and let it simmer for a couple of minutes. Once it is nice and thick, you add in a heaped tablespoon of butter and you can then serve it with cinnamon and sugar.
Don't let it fool you, it may look a dessert, but it is so filling that we make it for dinner. My son often asks me to make this, but I like to keep it just for those miserable days when I miss the sunshine.
If you try my recipe, drop me a line and tell me what you think of it.
Bon appetit!
Looks tasty!
Ahhh, melkkos :)
I can't remember the last time I had some. In fact, I've never tried to make it myself. That's definitely one for the list.
Give it a try, so easy and definitely a winner in my home.
Definitely does help to stave away the cold dreary days @luckylie as you mentioned 2 days of clouds and rain really get's us down.
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Thank you. I will definitely join you guys.
Lovely comfort food for a cold Sunday night @luckylie, used to make this regularly for my kids...when they were still kids ;) Thanks for sharing!