Mealie bread

{{Short description|Traditional South African bread made with sweetcorn}}

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| alternate_name = Sweetcorn bread

| country = South Africa

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| type = Bread

| served = Hot

| main_ingredient = Sweet corn (white maize)

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Mealie bread or sweetcorn bread is a type of South African cuisine. It is sweetened bread baked with creamed corn, traditionally buttered and eaten while still hot out of the oven. The bread is prepared with mealies, which is an African variety of maize.{{cite book | last1=Unwin | first1=M. | last2=Grant | first2=R.E. | title=Swaziland | publisher=Bradt Travel Guides | series=Bradt Guides | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-84162-400-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=udKYBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA84 | language=it | access-date=March 1, 2015 | page=84}} Traditionally, it is packed into metal cocoa cans, lidded, and then steamed in the can.{{cite book | last1=Van Wyk | first1=M. | last2=Barton | first2=P. | title=Traditional South African Cooking | publisher=International Pub Marketing | year=2007 | isbn=978-1-77007-407-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=abmTKV1E-TwC&pg=PA111 | page=111}} In Eswatini, it is a common street food.{{cite book | last1=Unwin | first1=M. | last2=Grant | first2=R.E. | title=Swaziland | publisher=Bradt Travel Guides | series=Bradt Guides | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-84162-400-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=udKYBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA84 | language=it | page=84}} Mealie bread is also a traditional meal in Eswatini{{cite web |title=Customs and Cuisine of The Kingdom of eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) |url=https://togetherwomenrise.org/customsandcuisine/customs-and-cuisine-of-the-kingdom-of-eswatini-formerly-swaziland/ |publisher=Together Women Rise |access-date=28 August 2021}} It takes 20 to 35 minutes to prepare and 30 to 45 minutes to oven bake.