"Recipe of the Day, Week No. 23: (Jollof Rice)" by @rossnenye

Hello chefs! Good morning to you all, welcome back to my blog. I'm so glad to participate in this contest organized by @nancy0.

ABOUT THE DISH

Jollof rice is a well known dish in my Country Nigeria, it is one of the commonly prepared food in every household. It is served in occasions, infact there is no Nigerian Party without this dish. It generally loved by everyone including kids and the old. I also love preparing this meal because the ingredients is always available at home and the cost of it's preparation is also very affordable. I will start by listing the ingredients I used in preparing it.

INGREDIENTS FOR JOLLOF RICE

• Rice
• Satchet tomatoes
• Pepper
• Onions
• Bay leaf
• Curry Powder
• Meat
• Groundnut oil
• Crayfish
• Seasoning cubes
• Salt
• Ginger
• Thyme
• Garlic

PROCEDURE

• Wash, add the rice to the pot and parboil it for 10 to 12 minutes.

• After parboiling the rice, wash it and set it aside.
  

• Wash and add the meat to the pot.

• Add seasoning cubes, salt, sliced onions, Ginger and garlic, marinate it for a while.

• Steam the meat for 10 to 12 minutes.

• Put the cooking pot on fire, add groundnut oil to it and heat the oil up.
  

• Add the sliced onions to the pot and fry until it looks crystal.
  

• Add the bay leaf to the pot.
  

• Add the tomatoes and fry for a while.
  

• Add the meat stock and enough water to cook the rice to the pot.
  

• Add salt, seasoning cubes and blended crayfish to the pot.

• Add the rice to the pot.
  

• Cook the rice for a while and bring it down when the water dries up.
  

Your delicious Jollof rice is ready.

N.B You can equally use fresh tomatoes to cook Jollof rice, I had to use satchet tomatoes because fresh tomatoes is now very expensive in the market.

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