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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.
- Main Course
- 6-8
- African
Ghanaian jollof rice is made of vegetable oil, onion, ginger, pressed garlic cloves, chillies, tomato paste, beef or goat meat or chicken (sometimes alternated with mixed vegetables), local or refined rice, typically jasmine rice and black pepper.
Aug 16, 2016 · 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 dodo and coleslaw, it is everything. Note that the world might consider this a side but in Nigeria, it is the main. :)
- Side
- 1
- African
- 30 min
Ingredients. 400g basmati rice. 3 red peppers, halved and deseeded. 1 white onion, halved. 2 garlic cloves. 1 tbsp grated ginger, or ginger purée. 1 Scotch bonnet chilli, deseeded if you prefer less heat (optional) 5 tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil. 100g tomato purée. 2 bay leaves. 1 tbsp dried thyme. 2tsp curry powder (we used hot madras)
- Dinner, Side Dish
- 275
- African
Dec 27, 2022 · It is a very versatile dish, and it is usually made from scratch using rice, tomatoes, pimento peppers, tomato paste, scotch bonnet, onions, salt, and other spices. Geographical range and variants. Jollof rice is a delicious royal dish originating in West Africa.
- Lunch/Dinner
- 5 min
- 568
Sep 26, 2022 · To make it they use a mixture of rice, onions, tomatoes, and fish. How this dish then managed to lend itself to the rest of West Africa as jollof, jellof or jallof still remains a mystery. Some think that this could be connected to the Senegalese Wolof tribe. Others have also made the connection between jollof rice and jambalaya.
Dec 11, 2022 · It is composed of fluffy, red-orange rice that is cooked with a combination of vegetables that may include peas, peppers, carrots, cabbage or eggplant, and often accompanied with meat such as lamb, goat, chicken, beef. Jollof rice is also served with salad or fried plantain called dodo in the Yoruba language.
