Mercy Amegah (24)
Landscape Architecture and Planning Master’s student from Ghana
‘Jollof is a popular dish in Africa. It is rice cooked with tomato sauce. This is a quick recipe for making the ever-popular Ghana Jollof. It reminds me of the competition we have back home with Nigeria on whose Jollof tastes the best.’
Ingredients for 2-3 people
- 1 red onion
- 2 chili peppers (habanero)
- 2 tomatoes
- 4 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp ginger
- 2 cloves garlic
- Rice (3 cups)
- 300g beef (or any protein source you prefer)
- 1 beef stock cube
- Rosemary and basil
- 1 tsp curry powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp butter
Preparation
Beef stew/sauce
- Cut meat into fine cubes.
- Chop onion and add half to the meat.
- Blend ginger, pepper and garlic and add to the meat.
- Add salt, stock cube, rosemary, basil.
- Add 1 ½ cups of water and simmer for 10 mins max.
Jollof rice
- Heat 2 tbsp of oil. Add the remaining chopped onion and 1 tsp of rosemary and fry until caramelized. Then add the tomatoes. Cover to simmer for 5 mins on medium heat.
- Add the cooked beef and stock to the tomato mix. Stir for a while and add the tomato paste. Add 1 tsp curry and leave to cook for 5 mins. Then add 2 tbsp oil.
- Add the rice to the sauce. Stir until evenly absorbed. Leave to cook for about two mins and add 4 cups of water. Note: if the rice absorbs a lot of water, add another ½ cup of water. Add salt to taste.
- Leave to cook for 10-15 min.
- Check now and then to see if the rice has absorbed the water. When it has, add 1 tbsp butter, turn the heat low and allow it to cook through.
- Serve.
Enjoy!
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