How to Cook Jollof Rice With Step by Step Easy Recipe.
Jollof rice is a popular rice recipe from Nigeria. This is the Nigerian version, there is a ghana version and others. Many different recipes exist among different Nigerian ethnic groups. The difference is just the choice of ingredients. While I used tomato as the coloring agent in this recipe, others chose palm oil or palm oil sauce.
Equipment
- 1 Pot
- 1 cooker
Ingredients
- 4 cups of rice
- 1 kg beef
- 1000 ml of Ground Fresh red tomatoes.
- 50 ml Ground shombo/tatashe peppers
- fresh red pepper to taste.
- 1 Teaspoon Curry powder
- 1 teaspoon Thyme
- 1 teaspoon Nutmeg powder
- 2 seasoning cubes
- 2 cups of sliced onions
- 300 ml vegetable oil
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2 fingers of ginger
- salt to taste.
Instructions
- Fry the ground tomato/pepper/shombo. Start by adding oil to the pot, add onions then the tomato/shombo/pepper blend. Fry for 15-20 minutes until it dries.
- Add 3 cups of water once the tomato is well fried, add the chicken sauce (meat water), salt to taste, teaspoon each of ground ginger, garlic, thyme, curry powder. Add a seasoning cube too and bring to boil.
- Taste for salt
- Add the rice and cover to cook for 30-45 minutes. You can add more water as it cooks, you want itsoft andeasy to chew.
- rice step6
- Serve jollof rice and grilled chicken.
Notes
You can always substitute fresh tomatoes with canned tomatoes.