Sadza (corn meal mush) ndicho chokudya chikuru muZimbabwe chinobva muchibage chakagaiwa chotipa hupfu uhwo hunozobikiswa sadza racho. Sadza rinogona kubikwa nehupfu hwezviyo. Kana rabikwa kudai rinenge ravakunzi sadza rezviyo. Rimwe izwi rinoreva sadza asizve richitaridza kukosha kwesadza muupenyu hweVaShona nderinoti jenamuponesi.

• Anodya sadza anonokora musuva osvinyanga musuva uya, oseva muusavi kwave kuzokabira mukanwa.
• Kusvinyanga (to mold sadza) zvinoreva kuumba sadza muchanza uchidzvanya kuita kabhora kadoko kanokabirika mukanwa. Sadza rapakurwa mundiro rinonzi mukonde wesadza; kana razonyanya kukura ronzi zimukonde kana kuti gonde resadza. Negonde izita remhuri uye chidawo chedzinza muZimbabwe.
• Muchiti (Morsel of sadza broken off by hand from portion served to a person, flavoured with side-dish and conveyed to mouth) zvinoreva musuva wesadza wasevewa muusavi.

Midziyo Nezvinhu Zvinoshandiswa Kubika Sadza

1. Hari, shambakodzi
2. Musika
3. Mugoti
4. Mapfihwa
5. choto
6. Huni
7. Moto
8. Ndiro
9. Chibhako

Zvidyiwa Zvinodiwa Pakubika Sadza

1. Hupfu hwechibage kana kuti hwezviyo
2. Mvura inoenderana nehuwandu hwesadza rinodiwa pakudya
3. Usavi: nyama, madomasi, nemurivo. Mirivo inosanganisira chemberedzagumhana, tsunga, muboora, munyevhe ne covo.
4. Zvekurunga usavi: munyu

Mabikirwo eSadza Rechibage

Chekutanga kukwatisa mvura mupoto yesadza kana yakwata unoisa hupfu hwakafanira mukomichi kana mundiro wosanganisa nemvura yakatonhora wokurunga.Wadaro unozvidira mupoto yesadza wokurunga nemugoti kusvikira zvakwata.Kana zvakwata unombozvisiya kwechinguva zviri pamoto.Wadaro unotora hupfu hwako uchiisa mupoto yesadza uchibika nemugoti kusvikira hupfu hwako hwanyatsobatana.Wadaro unotora mugoti womona uchiitira kuti sadza risave nemapundu.Unogona kumborisiya kwechinguva kuti rinyatsoyibva.Wapedza kudaro unotora mugoti womona wochipakurira vanhu .

• Kubvuwa (Cook a small amount of sadza) zvichireva kunamura kana kuzuzunga. Wandibvuwisa sviupfu svangu ukasazodya sei: you made me cook my little bit of mealie-meal why didn't you eat the sadza?

Mabikirwo eSadza Rezviyo

Mabikiro eSadza Emazuvano

Nhepfenyuro yedzimudzangara yeZBC yaimbova nechirongwa chaikurudzira vateereri kuti vatumire zvinyogwa zvinodunzira mabikiro esadza emazuvano.

Imwe nzira yakabuda pachirongwa ichi ndeyekuti apo sadza richikwata, mubiki anobva aisa cheese yakaitwa mafufu. Mubiki anobva akodzonga kuti cheese inyungudike yobva yavhenga nesadza rinokwata. Mushure mekuita izvi, mubiki anobva abika sadza semabikiro atinongoriita anozivikanwa nemubiki wese. Sadza rinobuda apa rinonaka chaizvo!

Zvivakamuviri Zvinowanikwa Musadza

1. Zvipasimba (energy)
2. Shuga (carbohydrates)
3. Mafuta (fats)
4. Zvivakanyama (Protein)
5. Imvu rinodiwa kuvaka muviri (dietary minerals):
   1. Zvivakamakodo (Calcium),
   2. Simbi inowedzera ropa (zviparopa) (iron)

Tsika

• Ramba uchiseva kutsi kwesadza kune usavi.

• Nhamo yemumwe hairegererwi sadza.
• Chibvuwere (Small amount of sadza specially prepared for one person e.g. hunter). Kubvuwa.
• Bure kana nhotombodza yesadza (Sadza cooked unsatisfactorily because of insufficient heat in the final stage of cooking) apa kureva sadza raburwa pamoto risina kushinyira.
• Chinyange (Act of smoothing and rounding something).
• Chitunha (Last small spoonful from pot of sadza, placed on the top of a serving of sadza).

Tsumo

• Muto wokupungurirwa haupedzi [sadza].” Izvi zvinoreva kuti munhu vimba nechako nekuti chekupihwa hachiwande kusvika paunoda.
• Sadza huritamburira hapana angaridya akatambarara.
• Usasvora mbodza neinozvimbira. Do not despise badly cooked porridge (because) it may make you over-fed.

Mitauro yeBantu

• Chewa vanoti nsima kureva sadza. Swahili vanoti ugali kureva sadza. Makua vanoti mapele kureva sadza. Lugwere vanoti chikonde (n. fist).
• VaSwahili vanoti kufinyanga (to mould pottery) kureva kusvinyanga. VaDigo vanoti finyanga (to mould pottery) kureva kusvinyanga.
• VaYao vanoti suwa (n. fist) kureva chibhakera - fananidzai nekuti musuva wesadza. VaKabwa vanoti -suura (break off a lump or ball of food) kureva kutema musuva wesadza.
• VaGwere vanoti bukwati (n. viscosity; resistance of a liquid to force and hence to flow) - zvichida izwi rinotodzana nekukwata sesadza richibikwa.