South African Traditional Recipe: Umqombothi (Home-brewed Beer) !!!!

Ingredients:

Boiling Water 5 liter

5x Mthombo/Mmela 2kg

Method

Mix boiling water with Mthombo/Mmela (making Sekhukhu)
Put sekhukhu or the mix in a warm place or cover it with blankets for 4 hours.
Pour it inside a big dish or dishes to cool down.
After cooling down, pour it inside a pot(Sekeke)!
Mix Sekhukhu with Mthombo/Mmela and water inside the pot.
Put it in a warm place for 1 day during summer and half a day in winter.
Use a big three leg African pot or a normal pot to cook the mixture and you will be making Lesheleba.
Pour Lesheleba inside a dish to cool down.
After cooling down, pour it inside Sekeke/ Calabash/ Moeta.
Mix Lesheleba with Mthombo/Mmela ( the process is called Oa Omela)
Leave the mixture for 2 days.
The mixture will start forming foam or having bubbles on top.
Surf or hlotla the foaming homebrewed beer (Umqombothi)
Put it inside a clean Calabash/Moeta for people to drink. Umqombothi is made for special occasions such as wedding celebrations or traditional rituals. It won’t cause any harm to your health if is been cooked originally African way without chemicals. For more information about this recipe contact: Mangiare Makgata +27 82 266 9719!!!!