Basic Proja: A Traditional Serbian Cornmeal Dish
This version of basic proja is cooked with young cheese and milk on the stove top, and then set into a mould, sliced and eaten with sour cream or fried.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 4 cups Cottage Cheese (or 3 cups cottage cheese and I cup feta)
- 2 cups Milk
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups cornmeal
- 1 teaspoon salt (optional: dependent upon cheese salt content)
- Butter for bottom of casserole dish or mould
Instructions
- Prepare casserole dishes or mould (butter inside)
- Combine all ingredients into heavy pan; cook at medium heat 25-35 minutes, stirring constantly to avoid sticking to bottom of pot
- As mixture thickens, big bubbles will form and splatter when proja is almost done
- Proja will be done when a path can be made with the spoon through the mixture in the pot
- Pour into mould; smooth top
- Cool, unmould and serve with sour cream or slice and fry in butter and serve with sour cream