JOLLOF RICE
Jollof rice is one of the special delicacies in Nigeria which is used to celebrate nearly every event ranging from wedding parties, burial, graduation ceremonies, naming ceremonies to a bunch of other celebrations.
INGREDIENTS
This recipe feeds a village. Joke, this recipe will fill the pot I used in the image below, it’s a 24cm stockpot. So if you don’t want to make as much, divide the quantities of ingredients in half.
Rice 4 mugs/1kg (I used ‘Tolly Boy’ Easy Cook Long Grain Rice)
4 tomatoes (you can also use 1 can of chopped tomatoes)
Red bell peppers (2)
Scotch bonnet peppers (2)
Red Onions (2)
Tomato puree (around 150g)
Thyme (1 tablespoon)
Bay leaves (3)
Oil (1/2 cup)
Salt, All-Purpose Seasoning (Jumbo Aroma) and Knorr Stock Cubes to taste
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INSTRUCTIONS
Put your 4 tomatoes, 2 scotch bonnet peppers, 2 red bell papers and 1 onion into a blender. Add some little water to help in the blending process and blend them until smooth. Set them aside for later use.
Dice your red onion into small pieces.
Put your 24cm stockpot on heat and add your ½ cup of oil to it.
When the oil is hot, add your onions and leave them to fry until they are transparent.
Add your tomato puree and fry with the onions for five minutes.
After the puree has fried, add in the pepper-tomato mixture and stir it in well.
Season with 3 bay leaves, 1 tablespoon of dried thyme, salt, Knorr chicken stock cubes and all-purpose seasoning.
Stir it and cover and leave it to boil on medium heat for fifteen minutes.
While the sauce is cooking, wash your rice. Wash the rice repeatedly to remove starch until the water is clear. This step is important as it will prevent the jollof rice from sticking.
Add in the washed rice to your sauce and ensure it is properly mixed in.
Add enough water to just cover the rice. Water should be just above the rice to void sticky jollof rice.
Cover and cook the jollof rice on the very low heat. If your highest is 6, put to 2.
Stir your jollof rice after every 20 minutes until it is cooked.
Stir it and let it cook for the next 20 minutes as the steam will cook it. Do not worry if there is not enough water to cook it. The steam will do the work at this point.
Do the same after another 20 minutes.
After steaming on low heat for a total of 1 hour 10 minutes, the jollof rice will be ready.
Serve it with chicken or what you prefer.
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