Jollof rice,hmmm this food gives me a tingling in my stomach whenever i hear the name,-the colour is divine,the taste...if i start explaining,i won't finish.
But the thing is, many people say jollof rice cannot be delicious with a stock...see yeye..let me show you how i cook my own version.
Cooking this food just needs the necessary in
Cooking this food just needs the necessary in
- Long grain rice
- Spaghetti
- Fresh red tomatoes or tin tomatoes (I used tin tomatoes)
- Dry pepper (can be improvised for ata rodo/habanero)
- Ata rodo (scotch bonnet)
- Salt to taste
- 2 soup spoon of groundnut oil (may vary)
- Maggi to taste
- Onion
- Curry and thyme to taste ( its not necessary jor)
- Meat(beef)/fish/ponmo (cow skin)/eggs ( I used eggs since its economic style)
- Dry crayfish (optional)
- Jumbo aroma all purpose a.k.a maggioniyó
- boil the eggs(its better to get a hard boiled egg,check here for more)
- OR boil the meat/fish/ponmo {cow skin} ( learn how to make seasoned meat or fish and more)
- After boiling the meat with the procedures in the above link, separate the stock from the meat, we will use it later
- In the pot containing the meat,add tomato paste and already grounded pepper (ata rodo, tatashe, and onions)
- NOTE- take out the fish,if fish is to be used. Fry or roast or leave it boiled but let it be set aside or it will break
- Add maggi, salt curry, thyme (all of these in small quantities,remember, we still have the stock)
- Leave on medium heat for 5-10 minutes
- Add parboiled rice (tips on how to make parboiled rice) and spaghetti to the pot of boiling stew
- add water to the same level as the rice,add crayfish and g/nut oil
- Leave to cook for 20 mins and then add the stock
- Leave to cook for another 10 minutes and then check for salt,pepper, and maggi level (should be to your taste)
- Add a little water if the rice is still hard (little o, I did not say bucketful o)
- Cook on a low heat for some minutes to prevent from burning
- When you start hearing the joyous cracking sound of the rice,take it off heat and set on a table
- Take out the meat and if you're using eggs like me, the shell should have been peeled by now
- Stir the rice with a wooden spoon to prevent having meshed rice
- Its time to serve your rice with meat/fish/egg
Oya! slay that rice, thank me later
I really hope this helps.
Tell me anything i missed or more advise and you can ask me any questions related to this.
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