Recipes from Malawi (winter celebration cooking?)

Recipes from Malawi

funraising and/or eating ideas....1, 2 or 3?

Dessert Recipes

1. Nthochi (banana) Bread

1/2 cup margarine or shortening
1 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
5 ripe bananas, mashed Grease a loaf pan well. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Cream margarine with sugar. Beat in egg. Add flour, salt, baking powder, milk, and bananas. Pour into loaf pan and bake for about one hour. Cool well and slice.

2. Mbatata (sweet potato) Cookies

3/4 cups mashed sweet potato
1/4 cup milk
4 Tbs. melted margarine
1 1/4 cups sifted flour
2 tsp. baking powder
4 Tbs. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Malawi is known as the "warm heart of Africa" due to the friendliness of Malawian people. These cookies can be cut in the shape of hearts to commemerate the Malawian people. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix sweet potatoes, milk, and melted margarine and beat well. Sift and stir in the remaining ingredients. Turn onto a floured board, knead lightly and roll out 1/2 an inch thick. Cut with a cookie cutter. Place cookies on a greased baking sheet, and bake for 15 minutes. Sprinkle some cinnamon/sugar mixture on top.

3. Zitumbuwa (banana fritters)

3 ripe bananas
1 tsp. sugar
1/2 cup ufa (cornmeal)
1 pinch of salt
oil for frying Mash the bananas and mix well with the salt, sugar, and ufa. Fry spoonfuls of this mixture in very hot oil.

Snacks

Mbatata (sweet potato) Biscuits

3/4 cups mashed sweet potato
1/4 cup milk
4 Tbs. melted margarine
1 1/4 cups sifted flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix sweet potatoes, milk, and melted margarine and beat well. Sift and stir in the remaining ingredients. Turn onto a floured board, knead lightly and roll out 1/2 an inch thick. Cut with a cookie or biscuit cutter. Place biscuits on a greased baking sheet, and bake for 15 minutes.

from: http://www.lettersfromafrica.org/index.html

Please think about what we could make

Zikomo kwambiri (thank you very much) in Chichewa (che-CHAY-wah) - the national language of Malawi.