How to cook Sadza (A Beginner's Guide)
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- Hi everyone. Welcome to my channel. My name is Freda, creator of this channel.
In this video, you will learn how to cook sadza, as a beginner's guide. The first time I cooked sadza was at university, in Australia when I started dating my Zimbabwean boyfriend, who is now my husband. He taught me how to cook sadza. He taught me how to cook muriwo unedovi (nutty greens) with cabbage and peanut butter. And I love cooking. But sadza was quite a learning curve. I don't know why the experience is so daunting, but it is for a beginner.
Over the years I have learned to make it in a way that works for me. So this video is great for people who may not necessarily be Shona, or come from Zimbabwe, but still have a reason to want to cook this dish. So whether you are married to a Zimbabwean and want to surprise your partner, or you are Zimbabwean and are starting from scratch, or just love watching my TH-cam channel, the good news is we all start somewhere and we all learn from others. So please accept this gift from me to the world.
And for a complete beginner and new person to African food, you probably want to know what to eat with sadza, now that you know how to make it. Check out how to make a leafy, beefy stew which I learned about from my sister in law, Highfields stew • Leafy Beefy "Highfield...
At the end of the video, there are other links and info cards to many other stews to try. And of course muriwo unedovi (nutty greens).
This is my burnt orange kitchen's first video - How to cook sadza (A Beginner's Guide) For more recipe inspirations, please visit www.myburntorange.com
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This is the best tutorial on youtube. Thank you x
@@RachelAmon thank you so much. That truly warms my heart to know it’s helpful ❤️
2021 and you’re coming to the rescue of a hungry bachelor in much need of this glorious mix. Thanks 🙏
Thank you Josh 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾
My girl said KWATARING😂😂😂😂😂😂
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That’s what’s you call broken English 😂😂😂
it’s not broken English behave 🙄
@@juniorchuma5813 broken shona bruh 😂😂😂💀
Who is still kwataring in 2020 guys? #stayhome and kwarantine! Thank you so much for watching my videos 😘😘😘 #QUARANTINE
The process is indeed daunting lol
@@gamuuu6484 lol 🤣🤣
@marky 33 eish mabhachuraz. I am glad it is helping
@marky 33 any time 💋💋💋
@marky 33 💋💋💋💋
Thank you very much, mom said bika Sadza and I you came to the rescue 😁 lovely pots as well
Thank you for your encouragement 😘
Thanks for the video! My fiancé is Zimbabwean, so this really came in handy as I made it today for the first time (by myself lol)! He doesn't have to know I cheated, does he??? ;)
Nice and easy, thanks. The reason the Southern Africans (SA to Zambia) stir that way is the back of the wooden spoon squashes the lumps against the pot to give a smooth texture preventing the presentation of raw clumps of meal when eating.
@@littlehiawatha4870 thanks for your comment. We do it for similar reasons but someone suggested Southern Africa is the more ergonomic method 😀
Thk you so much my sweetheart is from zim so I really appreciate and wanted to learn how to do sadza,to plz him❤
I am grateful to have helped 🙏🏾
Thank you my mum taught me ages ago but I forgotten how to make this lovely dish
You are super welcome 🤗
Kwataring🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🔥😭yes ma’am
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Sawubona/Mhoro from NY my son learned to make this on our visit to South Africa taught to him by my Zimbabwean friend I loved it with Braa Peri Peri Chicken
Thanks for Video
Thank You for this tutorial! Im Zmbabwean & I alwas made lumpy sadza 😩🤣 after watching this & making it.. I feel like a pro 😭 Thank you soo much !!
I am so glad to hear it 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾
Watching this in 2019 as my sadza is kwataring. Wish me luck!
Lol. Good luck my friend. We are Muyambos too
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It’s awesome to see you keeping these up to this day! Inspirational ☺️
Thank you
Thank you for that video. I am making sadza tonight. Can't wait.
you are more than welcome. I wish we had better equipment back then for higher quality.
Oh yea I'm going to surprise my parents with this one😂😂😂. Thank you❤🙌🏾
After many failed attempts at making sadza using other instructions, your video helped me to make my first successful pot. Thank you, from here in Australia!
I'd love to see more of your recipes :)
Thank you. We took a few years out raising our young family. We are back now. Please help us spread the word 😘
Kwataring it is my girl ✅ . Thanks for representing
Thanks mbuya. I really appreciate the tips. Without you, I would never know what simmering is. God bless
Thank you so much, left home and l hadn't mastered the craft yet .l miss it so much and now I'm going to make it.
You are more than welcome
Maita basa thank u u jst helped mee yoo 😂😂😅
The honour is mine 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Waaah im so excited to try miiine. I made the beef stew too!
Yay 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Thanks so much for your video! Last time I cooked sadza it was a tad too dry and your video helped remind me of the steps. Much love 💜
So glad it helped
Hi I’m about to try it out for my family i hope it goes well
My Zimbabwean mum will be happy if I make this so thank you
You are welcome. They will appreciate it.
Got it perfect on the first attempt, good looking out, thanks!
Thank you so much. Really appreciate
Kwataring loool you made my day
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I am glad you found the humour 😁
Cooked sadza fr the first time and had to come here for help😂😂hope l did it well n everyone will enjoy it 😩
Hey thanks. I am sure it will be appreciated. Happy "kwataring"
Yes yes, we call it Kwataring back home!😂😂😂💖🔥
Are you teasing me lol 🤣🤣🤣. I now know a full sentence in cooking language. Riri ku kwata
Yes, kukwata. Closest word I can think of is spattering, as in "be careful at this stage, some upward spattering will occur".
Wow if you are not from Zimbabwe that was an impressive video, forgive me please.
It's just that some of my fellow Zimbabwean "forget " their shona or Ndebele the moment they arrive at Gatwick or Heathrow
Sure. I am not from Zimbabwe but my husband is. I am Ghanaian
My Burnt Orange I’m a year late but you acc sound zim yk🤣but thank yu for saving meee
Thanks for the video!
You are so welcome 🤗
Thanks sister ndanzi bika sadza nhas
Hi there! I am glad. Don't worry, my dad likes to give instructions, pointers and corrections though I wonder when he last cooked sadza, bless him.
Kwataring bho hre
If you mix it with a hand whisk.. you don't get lumps.. use the whisk to start and as it starts to cook switch to a spoon or spatula..
Needed this one thank you
Thanks for your kind feedback.
Wow my dad always complain about me not cooking sadza well and l get mad a lot like what the heck if u are gonna complain why don't you do it ur self but this video made my sadza eatable for me as well thank you
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So glad to hear that. When we step up to a challenge, we are victorious 😘
Ha mainini , you did well ! Kwataring is what makes me dislike sadza because i keep geting burnt!
Oh my, you used my invented Shonglish 🙈🙈🙈. I think what helps is to reduce the temperature to low and allow the gentle heat to steam it through, but you will always get a caked bottom. Thank you 😘
2020 during COVID-19 & my sadza is kwataring on the stove right now!! 😂
Shuwa 😁
I love this video and thank you for this sisi
Thank you so much 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Thank u very much u hv helped a brother out but that kwataring line ma1
Sorry I broke Shona.
We enjoyed your video...
LifeStyleVideos.com many thanks.
magic,absolute...
Bye🖐️😭 she said Kwataring😂😂
Thank you sha are you in UK?
Not any longer. I am in Nigeria now
Thank you very much
Thank you very much, this was helpful
You are welcome 😘😘
Thanks for that dear
I love this
Thank you ❤
It was soo clear and concise I loved it! May I have a roasted potatoes one pretty please!
@@zoek2136 you got it. Will have something delectable in our upcoming Christmas kitchen series ❤❤
Hi! Thank you for your kind comment. I am glad it has made a difference.
2:42 kwataring lol i love it
Thank you! Hope it turns out good.
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My Burnt Orange our tummies are all shining
@@ethellbr awww this is the best 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Hmmm hakusi kumona sadza uku
thank you Mama for the lesson!! Quataring loool, is that not when someone come to eat food at your place without an invite?
Lol I see what you did there with my squattering sadza. Thanks for the humour. It is kind
Thank you for this!
You are most welcome!
Thank you for kwataring :) honestly your video was great
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What is the name of the stick that u are using to mix
Oh no. I have no idea of the traditional Shona or other name but will soon find out
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Thank you
You are welcome. By the way m not a woman. Just another male who likes to cook sadza.
Thank you very much for teaching us. One question, should we not turn down the heat, for kwattaring? I have burnt my first attempt...
Oh yes you should turn it town. I think I must have called it simmering. If not, apologies. Definitely turn it down, and you can leave it on low until served so it doesn't get hard
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Love the accent
Thank you ❤. Its an everything accent
first time nezuro, lets just say i didnt burnt the house... thanks!!
Wonderful 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
What is the name of the powder?
Hi it is corn meal. Comes in different consistencies from fine cornmeal like masa, used for tortillas to coarse corn meal. Sometimes it is white, sometimes it is yellow. When we absolutely cannot find it we use polenta, which is yellow most times
I am supposed to cook a meal for 3 people today and I have no clue how I am going to do it
Awwwww. Was it sadza? Something like this goes really well with a simple meat stew and some sautéed veggies like cabbage, spinach or kale. Or even a steak, grilled/fried chicken, simple tomato onion gravy and those sautéed veggies 🥹🥹
I love sadza way more than fufu im Zimbabwean and Scottish but I look more scottish a
Haha where did you get fufu?
@@Myburntorange i got it from this place round my ends bintas cuisine since i wanted to find some food from my friends culture
Ive been doing wrong all these years. Gotta let mine kwatta for longer. 😂.
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In East Africa we mix it just the way west Africans do
That is so good to know. My moms tribe is suspected to have originated in or passed through East Africa some 500 to 1000 years ago 😍😍😍
@@Myburntorange woooww haha that’s awesome…some 500 to 1000 years ago just wooowww …🥰
You have a beautiful smile
You are very kind. Thank you
heat levels ?
Dwayne Irvingson medium/ low medium
Indeed thanks to Chris. Once the water has boiled, the mixture bubbling, reduce to a simmer. You can use low to medium heat. You can also keep it steaming at the lowest heat until you are ready to serve, it keeps the sadza soft.
no problem Liberated :-)
Not at all Rebecca. Your secret is safe with me ;)
Oh my word sekuru!!!!!!!!! I assumed comfort was a woman! My sincerest apologies. Thanks again. Cooking is a wonderful experience.
yummy
kwataring isn't the word mama, the people who taught you mixed shona with what may be english lol there are a lot of words like that one where it is almost not even shona anymore but it is just "kukwata" as in "sadza riri kukwata" meaning the sadza is boiling which is the "porridge is boiling" since it won't be sadza yet.
My darling sister I am guilty of making the word up myself 😂😂😂
@@Myburntorange okay I see and you may be surprised that there are zimbabweans that use that word actually
@@noughlymazhowu8850 we Africans need to encourage the learning of our languages
Hey guys! Did you know something similar to sadza is made from cassava roots in other countries? Check it out here th-cam.com/video/qbzSW-VY_-4/w-d-xo.html
its kwataring. riri kukwata. Simmering-kushinyira but nice amai
😂🤣😂 it called simmer 😂🤣😂
Thank you darkstar0072007 :)
Nope sorry but you have made a mess of that, I have been making it since i was 13 ....way to do it : put cold water in pot turn heat on high but add meal before it gets warm...keep mixing until the meal has started to become porridge and then turn heat as low as possible....leave it to steam for about 45 minute, stirring every 10-15 minutes.....if the porridge is too runny just remove the lid and cook for enough time to remove some of the water via steam and it will become stiff keep stirring every 5 minutes and you will be able to , once it has cooled pick pieces up with your finger, do not add more meal while cooking as then you will need to steam for another 45 minutes.
Thank you Andy Andy. I will make another video using your method 😁😁. I really appreciate your comment.
How much cold water, how much corn meal?
)) I dont think she's Zimbabwean:) Great video though...
You are right. I am not Zimbabwean 😘
Only Zimbabweans make good pap.
I thought they made sadza 😆😆😆
@@Myburntorange yes...its sadza. Pap sucks
Its hupfu not upfu are you shona hadzi its kwataringi kkkkkkkkkkk zvakaoma.
No Kudzai. I am Ghanaian
I've never heard SUCH vague instructions!
Oh dear. Which part is vague? How can we help you? 😁
Do you have a recipe for the relish?
Ho Jonathan. Try this if you like greens th-cam.com/video/gSOONZajJ8Q/w-d-xo.html
Thank you.