I love homemade breads (fresh, warm and delicious – what’s not to love…) but rarely find the time to make them – this golden microwave corn bread to SO quick and easy to make and works really well as a braai or grilled meat side dish with some colourful salads!
We celebrate Heritage Day in South Africa tomorrow. It falls on a Monday this year – so we are in the middle of a glorious long weekend here with Joburg really showing off in the weather department. What better way than to celebrate with a braai and corn bread…

This bread is SO quick and easy to make and works really well as a braai or grilled meat side dish with some colourful salads.
- 2 tablespoons cake flour
- 150 ml mealie meal
- 100 ml oat bran (see note)
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1½ teaspoons dried mustard powder
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley or 1 tablespoon fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tin whole kernel corn rinsed and drained or 250g frozen corn
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Coat a microwave safe dish with non-stick cooking spray.
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Combine the flour, mealie meal, oat bran, baking powder, salt, mustard powder and parsley.
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In a separate bowl or jug mix the oil, eggs and milk together. Add to the dry ingredients.
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Add the corn and mix well.
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Pour into the microwave dish and microwave at 70% power for 12 minutes, then 100% power for 2 minutes.
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Leave to stand for 10 minutes before serving.
You can sub in instant oats blitzed in the food processor
For more tips & recipes for braai’s check out my Tips for a Healthy Braai post.
Enjoy!
Cheryl x
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