Jamaican (Cornmeal) Porridge

Name: Jamaican (Cornmeal) Porridge
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
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

Submitted by kleigh83

"one of my favorite dishes when in jamaica. and this from someone who doesn't normally like hot cereals."

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Ready In:: 45mins
Ingredients:: 8
Serves:: 4

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

directions

Bring salted water to a boil.
Combine cornmeal and flour together in a bowl.
Add milk slowly to make a smooth paste.
Stir cornmeal paste into boiling salted water.
Cover and cook on low heat for 15 minutes.
Stir in vanilla, cinnamon, cover and simmer for 15 more minutes.
Sweeten with condensed milk.
Serve hot.

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Reviews

traditional Jamaican cornmeal porridge does not call for flour

Amanda L.
Just tried it as I haven't made porridge in a long time....it turned out delicious!!!! Traditional porridge doesn't call for flour (which I know ) but tried nevertheless and it added another smooth layer it really didn't take anything away from the outcome....simply delicious thanks for sharing!!!!!

Monique H.
I respect your recipe and I tried it tonight. I used coconut milk but I will try with condensed milk next time. I also respect Ms. Amanda L.'s observation because I don't think I've seen a Jamaican conrmeal porridge recipe using flour. And I doubt that my mother prepared hers with flour. But I understand that it acts as an added thickening agent and I like my porridge thick!

Aeron J.
No flour required. I use coconut milk. Slap somebody good

Debbie B.
To avoid lumps you have to stir while adding the cornmeal in the salted boil water. stir until it starts thickening , then you stop stirring and add the spices and then sweeten. I make this twice a a week for my baby. I don't add flour though.

Kimla M.

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Tweaks

Substitute coconut milk and a sweetener for the condensed milk. That's what I did.

Aeron J.
Mmm, not bad, this is nice for something different for brekky, I scaled it down to serve one and used cinnamon extract instead of cinnamon & vanilla, it was a little bland after tasting so I added a little more extract & condensed milk after serving which was great, even toddler DD had a taste and liked it. Thanks for a new breakfast recipe as an alternative to oats based porridge.

Mandy