Nigerian Party Jollof Rice

by Hana Novak

8 servings

Pepper Base

• 3red bell peppers (tatashe)
• ½ cancanned plum tomatoes (or 2 medium fresh tomatoes)
• 1 ½scotch bonnet peppers (ata rodo)
• 1onion

Jollof Stew

• 100 mlvegetable oil
• ½onion
• 120 gtomato paste
• 3Knorr chicken stock cubes
• ½ tspcurry powder
• ½ tspdried thyme
• ½ tspany all-purpose seasoning you like
• 1 tspground white pepper
• 3 leavesbay leaves
• 2 cupsbeef or chicken stock

Jollof Rice

• 4 cupseasy-cook (parboiled) long grain rice, washed
• 2 tbspbutter
• 1 tbspfresh ginger
• 1 tspground white pepper
• ½onion
• 1medium tomato
• salt