Cornmeal Porridge

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Ingredients:
4 cups water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup fine yellow cornmeal
1 tablespoon flour
1 cup milk (or soy milk)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons condensed milk

Method:
1 Bring salted water to a boil.
2 Combine cornmeal and flour together in a bowl.
3 Add milk slowly to make a smooth paste.
4 Stir cornmeal paste into boiling salted water.
5 Cover and cook on slow heat for 15 minutes.
6 Stir in vanilla, cinnamon, cover and simmer for 15 more minutes.
7 Sweeten with condensed milk.
8 Serve hot.

I love cornmeal porridge. I think it’s a West Indian thing. It’s the first food they give to babies except it’s made very thin with milk and a touch of sugar so they can be fed through their bottle. They usually give them as the meal before sleep because it was believed it made them sleep through the night. Ours is usually sweet just like Cream of Wheat. Now that I live in the US it is the best on a cold winter day.

I Love it too