Moms Special Jollof rice. I have another food video today! Because I'm home social distancing, I told myself I wanted to spend time with my mom in the kitchen more! I have never prepared Jollof rice in bulk before, so Mummy took over the seasoning as bulk cooking is a whole different ball game entirely.
Perfect for regular nights or special occasions!
Jollof rice is a legendary one-pot dish that's ubiquitous in Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia, Togo, and Sierra Leone.
The Nigerian jollof rice is made with parboiled rice.
You can have Moms Special Jollof rice using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Moms Special Jollof rice
- Prepare 4 cup of rice.
- You need 2 of onion.
- You need 5 of tomatoes.
- It's 1 clove of garlic.
- You need 1 of ginger.
- Prepare 2 1/2 large of carrots.
- Prepare 1 cup of peas.
- It's 1 of mushrooms.
- Prepare 1 can of kidney beans.
- It's 1 kg of smoked ham.
- It's 1 of stock beef stock.
- It's 2 tbsp of salt.
- It's 1 pinch of fresh thyme.
- You need 1 pints of vegetable oil.
- Prepare 3 tbsp of tomato puree.
- You need 2 1/2 cup of water.
I saw recipes explaining how to parboil rice before even starting to cook this dish. From simple healthy soups to sumptuous cakes for special occasions, all our recipes have been tried and loved by our family and our friends. Try out the Nigerian Basmati Jollof Rice. Jollof Rice one of our favorite party food in Nigeria, hardly will you go to any Nigerian party and not find it.
Moms Special Jollof rice step by step
- dice onions, tomatoes ,ginger, and garlic finely.
- chop carrots.
- add oil to a large pan, then fry garlic, ginger and onion until golden brown.
- add smoked ham n fry for 3 mins.
- then add tomatoe puree.
- fry until mixture thickens up then add beef stock and tomatoes.
- leave to cook for about 12 mins unt stew thickens.
- then throw in your peas , carrots, thyme, salt ,kidney beans and water.
- then finally add your rice to the mixture and let simmer on a very low heat for about 20-25 mins until rice cooks.
This is an incredibly easy, but delicious recipe. The uniqueness of this jollof rice lies in the roasting of the bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, and garlic. How to prepare Party Jollof Rice the Nigerian way. Party jollof rice are usually very authentic in taste, richer and far more delicious compared with the everyday hob method. There are three main methods of cooking party jollof rice; the hob, firewood and the oven method.
