Avo, Pap and Chakalaka Stacks

Ingredients:

• 1 L (4 cups) water
• Salt and pepper
• 500 ml (2 cups) maize meal
• Avocado or olive oil, for frying
• 410 g tin chakalaka, heated in small pot
• Handful baby spinach
• 1 avocado, sliced

  Method:

1. Bring the water to a boil in a large saucepan with 5 ml (1 tsp) salt. Reduce the heat to low and steadily pour in the maize meal, while whisking, to prevent lumps from forming.
2. Simmer, covered, for about 15 minutes or until cooked. Stir occasionally. Remove from the heat.
3. Grease a 20 cm square dish with cooking spray. Press the pap into the dish until smooth on top. Cool. Cut into four 9 cm circles.
4. Heat a thin layer of oil in a frying pan on medium high and fry the pap circles for about 3 minutes on each side or until golden. Drain on paper towel.
5. Place 2 of the pap circles on 2 serving plates. Top with chakalaka and spinach. Top with remaining maize meal circles and avocado slices or roses (see tip). Season with salt and pepper.

  Tip: To make an avo rose, place a peeled avocado half, cut side down on a cutting board. Slice through the width into very thin slices and fan out into a straight line. Beginning at one end, gently roll up the slices into a spiral rose shape.