Madombi: Dumplings from Botswana

Name: Madombi: Dumplings from Botswana
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 8 min
Total time: 1 h 48 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Botswana
Ingredients: 1 ¼ cups warm water; 2 tsp sugar; 2 ½ tsp yeast; 3 cups all purpose flour; 1 ½ tsp salt

A weekend Botswana dinner. Ready in about 1 hour 48 minutes. Difficulty: more effort.

40 minPrep (about)
1 hr 8 minCook (about)
1 hr 48 minTotal time
4Servings
More effortDifficulty

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 4 people +

Recipe makes 4

1 ¼ cups warm water
2 tsp sugar
2 ½ tsp yeast
3 cups all purpose flour

Spices & seasonings (1): salt

1 ½ tsp salt

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

This recipe requires a stew to steam your dumplings over the top of, at abour ℃ or 350℉, give or take.
You will add your dumplings in during the last thirty min of stew's cooking time, They need.
Do it to steam covered, so your stew should be in lidded pot that is oven-proof.
Mix the dumpling dough.
Mix the warm water, sugar, and yeast in a measuring cup.
Leave until foamy, about 5 minutes.
To a stand mixer bowl, or a big bowl if mixing by hand.
Add the flour and salt.
Stream in the water-yeast mix while kneading.
Knead for several min after the dough comes together, till a smooth ball of dough forms.
Leave the dumpling dough to rise.
Place your ball of dough in an oiled dough.
Cover.
Leave to rise till doubled, about 1 hour.
Shape the dumplings.
Divide the risen ball of dough in 10 equal portions for big dumplings, or 12-14 portions.
Keep going for smaller dumplings.
Shape every portion of dough in a smooth, round ball.
Steam the dumplings.
Place your shaped dumplings right atop the stew in the last thirty min of cooking a stew.
Push them down into the stew.
Cover tightly.
Return to the oven for 25-30 min.
Your dumplings are done when 're risen and light golden.