Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, jollof rice. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Jollof Rice is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Jollof Rice is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
Stir in rice, carrots, and green beans, and season with nutmeg. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Jollof rice, or jollof (/ dʒ 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, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Togo and Mali.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook jollof rice using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Jollof Rice:
- Get 4 cups uncooked long-grain rice (not basmati)
- Take 5-6 cups stock (vegetable, chicken, or beef) or water, divided
- Get Tomato
- Prepare 4 large red bell peppers
- Get 3 medium-sized red onions (1 sliced thinly, 2 roughly chopped), divided
- Take 1/3 cup oil (vegetable/ canola/coconut, not olive oil)
- Prepare 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- Prepare 2 teaspoons curry powder
- Take 1 teaspoon (heaping) dried thyme
- Prepare Salt
Because Jollof Rice is Bae, and much loved South of the Sahara and along the coast of West Africa. 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. Served with fried, ripe plantains which we call.
Steps to make Jollof Rice:
- Rinse the rice to get rid of some starch then parboil: Bring the rice to a boil with 2 cups of the stock (or water) then cook on medium heat, covered, about 12 to 15 minutes. Rice will still be hard, a bit "white" (not translucent) and only partly cooked. Remove from the heat and set aside.
- In a blender, combine tomatoes, red poblano (or bell) peppers, chopped onions, and chile pepper; blend till smooth, about a minute or two. You should have roughly 4 cups of blended mix.
- In a large pan, heat oil and add sliced onion. Season with a pinch of salt, stir-fry for a minute or two, then add the tomato paste, curry powder, dried thyme and bay leaves. Stir for another 2 minutes. Add the blended tomato-pepper-chile mixture, stir, and set on medium heat for 10 to 12 minutes so the mix cooks and the raw taste of the tomatoes is gone.
- Add 2 cups of the stock to the cooked tomato sauce, 1 teaspoon of butter, and then add the parboiled rice. Stir, cover with a double piece of foil/ baking or parchment paper and put a lid on the pan. This will seal in the steam and lock in the flavour. Cook on low heat for 15 minutes. Stir again, adjust seasoning to taste, then add the remaining 1 cup of stock.
- Stir, cover with foil/ baking or parchment paper and let cook for another 15 to 20 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes or so to prevent burning and till the rice is cooked and the grains are separate.
- When it’s cooked, turn off cooker.
- Serve with chicken
The Nigerian rice recipe discussed here is the classic Nigerian Jollof Rice prepared at parties. This is the most popular Nigerian rice recipe. This is why you will always see it in parties. It is quite easy to prepare if you follow the simple steps. How to Cook Nigerian Jollof Rice [Video] The following are other variations of Jollof Rice. ghanaian jollof rice.
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