Stuffed Pepper Jollof Rice for The Guardian
Ahead of the worldwide celebration of jollof rice on the 22nd September 2016 as World Jollof Rice Day, I wrote this recipe which defies the West African jollof-mob rules of this dish; “nothing but the traditional contents of jollof must be added to…jollof!” But jollof rice is originally from the Wolof people of Senegal and Gambia who cook this as a heady fishy dish called Thieboudienne (che-bou-gen) As with a lot of foods of the world it travelled and was adapted in various regions. Even Ghanaian and Nigerian jollof is quite different. If you will like to break some rules while celebrating the basic foundation of it, then give this a go! Start with a rich tomato base, lots of aromatics and add whatever else you please. Stuffed Pepper Jollof Rice SERVES 6 – 8 | COOKING TIME: 50 – 60 minutes INGREDIENTS 400g easy cook basmati rice For the jollof sauce 3 tbs vegetable oil 2 large onions 4 cloves of garlic, chopped 5cm / thumb size ginger, peeled & grated 2 x 400g can of chopped …