Bogobe jwa Lerotse (Sorghum with Melon)

Soft sorghum porridge cooked with sweet lerotse melon.

Ingredients

• 500 g lerotse melon, pumpkin or butternut
• 250 g sorghum meal
• 500 ml water
• 1 tbsp sugar (optional)
• pinch salt

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Method

1. Peel, cube and boil the melon or pumpkin until soft, then mash.
2. Slowly stir in the sorghum meal.
3. Cover and cook on low for 20 to 25 minutes, stirring now and then.
4. Sweeten if you like and serve with seswaa or on its own.

Cheaper swaps & tips

• Maize meal works instead of sorghum.

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