Rice for All Season

 Jollof Rice

 

Nearly half of the world's population depend on rice for sustenance; 6 billion people love to eat rice. Rice is an all season meal.

 

Jollof Rice is a dish many people hunger for. It is very popular meal in parties; if you don’t have this particular dish you have not prepared for party!

If you know how to prepare Jollof Rice, you can confidently invite friends to your party.

 Ingredients:

 
•  ¼ Litre of Vegetable Oil
• 1 Whole Chicken or 11b of  Beef 
• 3 Ripe Tomatoes
• Red Bell Peppers
• 1 Tablespoon  of Tomato Puree
• 2 Red Chilli Peppers
• 4 Leafs of Bay leaf
• 20g  Margarine or butter
• 2 Crushed Cloves of Garlic
• 3 Cubes  of Maggi  (Seasoning stock)
• 2 Cubes of Chicken or Beef Stock
• Chicken or  Beef seasoning
• 1 Teaspoonful of  Curry  Powder
• 1 Large Onion
• 3 Litres of water
• Salt
• Soy  sauce
• Parsley or Lettuce
• Dry Thyme
• 1400g Brown Rice

 

Directions:    

• Wash the Chicken or (beef) thoroughly

• Put it in a sauce pan and add pinch of salt
• Add 1 litre of water
• Add the crushed garlic, add half of the onion
• Add half a teaspoonful of thyme
• Add 2 cubes of Maggi
• Stir it together and cover to cook for 20mins
• Blend tomatoes, with the red chilli peppers, big red bell peppers and the rest of the onion together and pour it into a bowl.
• Take a big saucepan and ‘cream’ the inside with the margarine or butter, place it on the cooker
• Add the grounded pepper with onion and tomatoes, then add the pureed tomatoes
• Pour the oil into the pepper
• Cover to steam for 10mins
• Wash the rice and leave to drain.
• Pour the Chicken or Beef in a clean bowl.
• Drain the stock from it and pour in the sauce pan cooking with the pepper
• Pour the washed rice in the boiling pepper, add  1½ litre of water
• Add pinch of salt to taste
• Add 4 bay leaves to it
• Add  1 teaspoonful of  curry powder
• Cover to steam  for 15 minutes but do not stir at this time lower the cooker for good result
• Open and stir it, test for tender and taste add warm ½ a litre water if necessary, and adjust taste if you need to, by now your Jollof rice should look like mine and should  taste nice if you have followed this system.
  
• Add 4 drops of Soy sauce
• Cover it to steam for 5mins
• Stir again properly making sure everything blends together.
• Leave to cool down and serve
• Garnish with Parsley, cucumber, lettuce, as desired.

 Enjoy your dish!

 See you again for another mouth watering gastronomical experience