Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, jollof rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders Check Out Italian Rice on eBay. Fill Your Cart With Color today! Jollof rice is a spicy African rice dish that cooks in one pan, uses lots of veg and can be a veggie main or a side to some simply baked chicken. Jollof rice, or jollof (/ d ʒ ə ˈ l ɒ f /), also known as benachin in Wolof ('one pot'), is a one-pot rice dish popular in many West African countries such as The Gambia, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Togo and Mali.
Jollof rice is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Jollof rice is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook jollof rice using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Jollof rice:
- Get 3 cups rice
- Get 1/2 cup veg oil
- Take 1 tbspn curry
- Prepare 1/2 tspn white pepper
- Get 1/2 tspn black pepper
- Get 3 pcs scotch bonnets
- Prepare Scallion
- Get Thyme
- Make ready 1 bulb onion (chopped)
- Get 1/2 tspn garlic & ginger paste
- Take 3 knoor maggi
- Take 1 sachet onga classic
- Get to taste Salt
- Get 2 pcs bay leave
- Make ready Chicken stock
- Make ready as needed Water
Stir in the tomato puree and add the curry powder, garlic powder, ginger, dried herbs, and crushed bouillon cubes. Add the rice, mixed vegetables, and water. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and cover the pot with foil and a lid. Put the rice into a large bowl, cover with cold water and use your hands to wash the grains.
Steps to make Jollof rice:
- Parboil the rice with salt and curry. Wash and set aside.
- In a pot heat up oil,add in chopped, onion, ginger and garlic paste,chopped scotch bonnets and fry for about 5mins.
- Add in some water,chicken stock,seasoning, curry,thyme,black pepper,white pepper,bay leave cover it and bring to boil.
- Add in your parboiled rice,cook on medium heat until water starts to thicken a bit.
- When done add in the scallion, cover it to steam and enjoy with coleslaw,fried chicken or peppered chicken are any thing of your choice
Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and cover the pot with foil and a lid. Put the rice into a large bowl, cover with cold water and use your hands to wash the grains. Tip the water out then repeat twice until the water runs clear. Spiced and stewed in a flavorful tomato broth, it is everything from "everyday" to celebration. The classic version is cooked with long-grain rice (Uncle Ben's/Carolina's) and seasoned with Nigerian-style curry powder and dried thyme.
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