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Jollof ( / dʒəˈlɒf / ), or jollof rice, is a rice dish from West Africa. The dish is typically made with long-grain rice, tomatoes, chilies, onions, spices, and sometimes other vegetables and/or meat in a single pot, although its ingredients and preparation methods vary across different regions. The dish's origins are traced to Senegal.
Website. www .kitchenbutterfly .com. Ozoz Sokoh (born 1976) is a Nigerian culinary writer, food historian, recipe developer, and culinary anthropologist. [1] [2] [3] She has organized events around Nigerian foodways, including the first World Jollof Day in 2017.
Jun 8, 2021 · The main protagonists in a steam over who makes the best Jollof rice are Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cameroon. The Gambia and Senegal are quite laid-back and rarely enter the...
Aug 25, 2017 · Around 600 entrants, representing a wide range of west African countries, competed to create the top jollof dish. The judges sampled the entries in a blind tasting to prevent any accusation of ...
Jan 20, 2017 · Jollof is believed to have originated in the Senegambia region of West Africa among the Wolof people, where it is known as benachin. The mouth-watering meal has travelled throughout the sub-region because of the frequent cultural exchange that goes on there. As such, it has evolved into several regional varieties, laced with the heritage of the ...
Aug 23, 2019 · The most adopted theory for the expansion of the dish explains Jollof Rice as having its origins in the Senegambia region of west Africa, in the ancient Wolof or Jolof Empire, during the 14th-16th ...
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Jul 14, 2017 · Ms Adewusi was born in Nigeria and moved to Australia three years ago. (Supplied: Cassandra Adewusi) On Saturday evening Ms Adewusi will go head to head with cooks from Senegal, Sierra Leone and ...