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Today, August 22, 2016 is World Jollof rice day. Nigerians and the rest of the world are spending the day celebrating the awesomeness that is jollof rice.
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Here are 5 reasons why Jollof rice should be celebrated:
1. It is a unifier
No single tribe can lay claim to jollof rice - it is 'our' food not 'my' food.
2. Suitable for every occasion
Jollof rice can be served for lunch, at funerals, at weddings and even birthday parties.
3. Easy to Prepare
Anybody can cook Jollof rice. Throwing around a few ingredients and rice is all you need to prepare basic jollof rice.
4. Super affordable
Jollof rice is cheap to prepare. The quality of your jollof rice totally depends on your pocket.
5. Jollof rice is beautiful
Line up different meals and jollof rice will find a way of standing out .
How to Prepare Jollof Rice:
Ingredients:
Before you cook Jollof Rice
Cooking Directions
Photo Credit: DooneysKitchen
Here are 5 reasons why Jollof rice should be celebrated:
1. It is a unifier
No single tribe can lay claim to jollof rice - it is 'our' food not 'my' food.
2. Suitable for every occasion
Jollof rice can be served for lunch, at funerals, at weddings and even birthday parties.
3. Easy to Prepare
Anybody can cook Jollof rice. Throwing around a few ingredients and rice is all you need to prepare basic jollof rice.
4. Super affordable
Jollof rice is cheap to prepare. The quality of your jollof rice totally depends on your pocket.
5. Jollof rice is beautiful
Line up different meals and jollof rice will find a way of standing out .
How to Prepare Jollof Rice:
Ingredients:
- 3 cigar cups | 750g long grain parboiled rice
- Tomato Stew 500 mls
- Chicken (whole chicken, drumsticks or chicken breast)
- Pepper and salt (to taste)
- 2 medium onions
- 3 Knorr cubes
- 2 teaspoons thyme
- 2 teaspoons curry powder (Nigerian curry powder)
Before you cook Jollof Rice
- Prepare the tomato stew. Visit the Tomato Stew page for details on how to do that. It is advisable to prepare tomato stew before hand and keep in the freezer. This is so that whenever you want to cook any jollof rice related dish, it is just a matter of adding it to your cooking.
- If you will use whole chicken then wash and cut it into pieces. Cook with the thyme, Knorr cubes and 2 bulbs of onions (chopped). The cooking time depends on the type of chicken. The rooster or cockerel cooks much faster than the hen but the hen is definitely tastier. When done, grill it in an oven. You may also fry it. This is to give it a golden look which is more presentable especially if you have guests for dinner.
- Parboil the rice using the method detailed in parboiling rice for cooking jollof rice. Rinse the parboiled rice and put in a sieve to drain.
Cooking Directions
- Pour the chicken stock and the tomato stew into a sizeable pot and leave to boil.
- Add the drained parboiled rice, curry powder, salt and pepper to taste. The water level should be the same level of the rice. This is to ensure that all the water dries up by the time the rice is cooked.
- Cover the pot and leave to cook on low to medium heat. This way the rice does not burn before the water dries up.
- If you parboiled the rice as described at parboiling rice for cooking jollof rice, the rice should be done by the time the water is dry. Taste to confirm. If not, you will need to add more water and reduce the heat to prevent burning. Keep cooking till done.
