Hello. I'm Ruby Jones. And I'm Marina Santee. Welcome to Spotlight.

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Maiba presses a cool cloth to her hot head. It is a warm day for cooking! But she has much to do. She fills a large, deep pan with water.

Then, she puts it over the heat to boil. Next, she takes some corn meal. Corn meal is finely crushed corn. She mixes it with cold water. Her strong arm moves very fast. .

It is hard work. The mixture starts to become thicker. Next, Maiba adds the mixture to the container of boiling water. She continues to mix it.

This is important. She wants a smooth mixture! And she does not want it to stick to the pan. Slowly she adds more corn meal.

This mixture becomes very thick now. She moves it to the centre of the pan, in a large ball.

It is ready! She serves it on a plate for her hungry family to share. Today, she serves it with vegetables.

Maiba has made sadza. As with many families in Zimbabwe, sadza is their main supply of energy food. Maiba makes good sadza. But it is not an easy job. And she is only making enough for her family!

Imagine if she had to feed a room full of people! More than twenty [20] litres of sadza is very hard to control.