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South African Wednesday Recipes with Inge Saunders

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Recipe: Melkkos (Milk-food), My Winter Staple . South Africa has a lot of traditional dishes that we eat during the cold winter months, from spicy Breyanni with its Malaysian influence, to Melkkos which originates from Dutch settlers in the Cape of Good Hope. Today I’m sharing my personal favorite, Melkkos. This recipe is super quick and easy- 13 minutes to be exact. Prep time’s about 5 minutes and cooking 8. For this fun & hearty meal you’ll need 2 liters of milk, 300 ml cake flour, 5ml salt, 15ml margarine or 15ml butter and cinnamon sugar. Now for the cool part where I mess with my fingers in flour *grin* Sift the flour and salt together, and then rub in margarine/butter until it’s a fine crumbled texture.   Now bring milk to a boil on stove. Add your flour mixture while stirring (that’s important!). It will form lumps, but keep stirring well. When the mixture thickens and starts making ‘bubbles’, it’s done! You serve the dish with ...