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Ting

Also known as: Bogobe jwa ting

Ting ya mabele is a Tswana fermented sorghum porridge associated with Botswana and northern South Africa.

About Ting

Ting ya mabele is a Tswana fermented sorghum porridge associated with Botswana and northern South Africa. The thick rendition documented by Slow Food belongs to a longstanding regional porridge tradition.

Its defining sourness comes from fermented sorghum meal. Water and salt form the simple base, with a small amount of maize meal offered as an optional addition.

The thicker porridge has a substantial, spoonable texture. Ting appears at family and ceremonial meals, and its gently sour cereal flavour accompanies a range of savoury foods.

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Ingredients in Ting

Tswana ting ya mabele documented by Slow Food.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Sorghum meal: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual11 sorghum meal, broader flour candidate; exact grade unknown.
  • Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal11 fermentation and cooking water consolidated.
  • Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Maize meal (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual11 occasionally also a small quantity; optional same-construction addition.

Origins & food traditions

South Africa; Botswana association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.

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Sources & references
  1. Ting ya Mabele — Slow Food Ark of Taste, nominated by Dineo Boshomane