Corn porridge, a dish made with maize from Timor and coconut milk.

Corn porridge, a dish made with maize from Timor and coconut milk.

Main dishes

A Timor corn porridge: plump, de-shelled corn kernels, steamed and then simmered in coconut milk with beans and squash leaves.

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Jagung Bose is a maize porridge originating from Timor, in Indonesia. The ripe grains are soaked overnight, then de-shelled, steamed, and finally simmered in coconut milk. This dish can be eaten as a main course.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time1 hr 30 min
  • Resting12 hr
  • Total14 hr
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodsteam
  • Estimated cost$2.77 $0.46 / serving Estimated price; varies by store.
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

6 people
  • $1.54
  • $1.17
  • $0.06

Prices from US supermarkets.

Directions

  1. Wash the corn, then soak it overnight in water.
  2. Remove the outer shell of the grains. ≈ 2 min
  3. Once the skin has been removed, cook the corn in steam until it is tender.
  4. Next, boil the corn with the coconut milk and salt. Add the mung beans, tolo beans, squash leaves, etc.

The bill

Corn porridge, a dish made with maize from Timor and coconut milk.

  • dried, ripe maize$1.54
  • coconut milk$1.17
  • salt$0.06

Total$2.77

that's $0.46 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • dried, ripe maize
  • coconut milk
  • salt
  • Mung beans
  • Tolo beans (also known as niébé)
  • Pumpkin leaves and other vegetables, to taste

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