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My nanna’s recipe for homemade Rewena (Maori) bread
Posted on : 07-05-2009 | By : Cindy | In : Maori kai, My idiot-proof recipes
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Rewena Bread
2 c flour
1 tsp sugar
3 slices potato
Boil potato slices in 1 cup water to mashing consistency. Cool and when luke warm mix all ingredients to a firm texture. Cover and let rise.
Take 1 tablespoon of the dough and put into a large Agee jar. Feed one day with ½ cup warm potato water and next day with 1 teaspoon sugar.
5 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
Mix flour, salt and soda. Pour in rewena (keep a bit for next time) and mix. Add more water if necessary. Knead 10 mins.
Put in greased dish and let rise to double.
Bake at 150-180C for 1 hour.
For more on making Rewena see:
My rewena trial and error tryout [disaster!]
Results of my attempts to make a nutritious rewena bread
kiaora Cindy! You have some great posts up here. I am in the process of thinking about starting a Nana rewena recipe too, I’m just gathering the resources and the forces first! It is great to read about your efforts – I think I have a long road ahead! x nga mihi nui, Louise
It’s great you’re going to make rewena, Louise. It’s a tradition we need to keep alive – and it tastes so yummy. Have fun!
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When you say keep a bid for next time, how much is a bit? a tablespoonful or more or less?. P.S. Thanks for the recipe
Thanks for your comment. One or two tablespoons should be enough. Then you just keep feeding it with potato water as described in the recipe. Hope it works for you!!
you said you don’t bother keeping the bug. if you did keep the bug, which part of the process do you not need to do next time?
If you keep the bug, you feed it for several days alternating between potato water and flour as in the recipe. When you have a cup or so of the fresh bug, add this to your dough mix, saving a little to feed up again. My nana used to keep it in an agee jar – the ones our grandparents used for preserves!
Hi Cindy, should the bug stink? Mine smells quite pungent.
Hi Deanne, It should smell yeasty sweet. It’s a nice smell. If it stinks it may have picked up some not so nice bugs from the air – like when I put mine in the stinky shoe cupboard. I had to chuck it out.
how often do i need to feed it with the potato water and sugar?
hi when you say take a tablespoon of the dough and put into a jar what happens with the rest? can you make the bread with it or do you have to wait for the starter bug??? Sorry I’m a first time bread maker :/