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South African Tripe And Mele Pap

I have another tripe recipe coming your way and first what you need to do is while it is still uncut in a large mixing bowl you will need because here this tripe needs lots of water to clean and remove the smell. This is so the tripe is nice and clean and doesn’t taste like someone puked. Add 1 pinch each of kosher salt and baking soda in to the bowl and while the tripe is still uncut, look at the smooth side of the tripe and remove the fatty parts that is on it. If you slightly tug at it with your fingers that this comes off nicely. Now dunk the tripe in to this bowl with this salt water. Next put it in a strainer big enough and dump the used water and rinse the bowl and now rinse the tripe by running it under water and again filling the bowl a few times. To be exact you have to do this 6 times then place the tripe in the bowl and add 1 pinch of kosher salt and rub it all over the tripe and repeat the rinsing another 6 times and then one last time add 2 caps of white vinegar and fill the bowl with the tripe and vinegar in it and rinse 6 times more. If you smell and it smells clean then you may take a pair of kitchen shears and cut it in to bite size pieces.

Here you will need to make Curry Powder then set it aside. This gets made in a mortar and pestle. Now you will need to add 1/4 cup of corn, canola or vegetable oil with the instant pot on saute function. Chop 1 onion or shallot and cook until brown. Add 5 cloves of garlic chopped. Tripe requires lots of garlic. Chop 1 tomato and let this turn mushy. Add 1 bullion cube or 1 pinch of bullion powder, the curry powder, 3 dashes of maggi or knorr aroma and 1 pinch of red chili powder. Stir to cook the masala and add the tripe. Add 4 cups of water and press cancel and then select pressure cook on high for 30 minutes with the pressure cooker on sealing position. Tap the quick release button after placing the steam diverter on the vent. After pressure subsides open the cooker and check to see if the liquid is at the right level and how tender the tripe is. If it is still kind of tough then you can add 1 more cup of water and repeat. for another 30 minutes. Then it is time to make the mele pap or you can use grits or even polenta in its place.

The African stores may sell this cornmeal for this purpose and it is cooked over high heat while the water is boiling. I would need at least 1/2 cup of the meal with 4 cups of water to make this like a stiff porrige. The hot tripe is served over this and it is yummy.

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