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    NATIONAL TREASURE

    Oct 30, 2020 5 minutes
    RECIPES AND TEXT DORAH SITOLE

    “AFTER A LONG, TIRING DAY AT  the office or dealing with a traumatic event, how many of us make our way back home dreaming of a specific dish? Sometimes even just recalling a particular meal soothes frayed nerves. And then getting to actually eat it can be a balm to a weary heart.

    My comfort food is a mixed legume stew that my mom used to make. Fortunately, it is easy and quick, so when I need culinary consolation, it takes less than an hour for me to sit down with a delicious bowlful, spoon in hand. As with most comfort food, this meal is not just about the flavours of the dish, but the associated memories.

    By 1963, when I was 10, my brother Jabulani and I had moved to Dube, Soweto, to live with our parents. For several years before that

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