Does anyone know how to make native American cornbead called "banaha", I think it is Choctaw in origin.!
Does anyone know how to make native American cornbead called "banaha", I think it is Choctaw in origin.
Answers: BANAHA
2 cups cornmeal
1 tsp. salt
11/2 cups hot water
1 tsp. soda
Corn Shucks (boil about 10 min. before using)
Mix dry ingredients. Add water till mixture is stiff enough to handle easily. Form small oblong balls the size of a tennis ball and wrap in corn shucks.
Tie in middle with corn shuck string, or use oblong white rags (8 x 10 inches) cut from an old sheet. They are much better boiled in shucks. Drop covered balls into a deep pot of boiling water. Cover and cook 40 minutes. Serve. Source(s):
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=nativ+a... Ingredients:
6 cups Corn meal
2 teaspoons Baking soda
Boiling water
Corn shucks
Directions:
Pour enough boiling water over the meal and soda mixture to make a soft dough which can be handled with the hands. Prepare 4 to 6 handfuls of corn shucks by pouring boiling water over them to cover, then strip a few shucks to make strings. Tie 2 strips together at ends. Lay an oval shaped ball of dough on shucks. Fold carefully and tie in the middle with strings. Place in large stew pot and boil 30 to 45 minutes.
This recipe for Banaha Choctaw Corn Shuck Bread serves/makes 4 I think this should help you friend.