• How to Make Party Jollof Rice

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    Party Jollof Rice

    I cannot believe this blog has been up and running for as long as it has been and doesn’t have the recipe for party jollof rice. Please forgive me dear Blog followers. Jollof rice is a dish that every nigerian chef seems to make differently. I prefer my jollof rice very spicy and tasting like party jollof rice. For the non-nigerian followers of this blog, Jollof rice is one of the favorites of Nigerians at parties, in their homes, in nigerian restaurants. You can also learn how to make it yourself now. Hope you enjoy my recipe for Party Jollof Rice.

    Recipe for Party Jollof Rice

    Ingredients

    2 Cups of Rice

    7 Medium sized Roma Tomatoes

    3 Cups of water

    1 Clove of garlic

    3 Cubes of Maggi

    A pinch of Thyme

    2 Teaspoons of Salt

    1 Small bulb of Onion

    2 Bay leaves

    3 Scotch Bonnet Peppers

    1 Teaspoon of dry pepper

    A Teaspoon of curry powder

    1 Small can of Tomato puree

    2 Cooking spoons of Vegetable Oil

    Method

    *Wash rice by rubbing the rice between your palms in a bowl of water and draining the water till clear.

    Blend tomatoes, pepper and garlic and bring to boil till the excess water dries up.

    Chop Onions

    Heat up vegetable oil and pour in chopped onions and fry. Scoop and pour in the can of tomato puree and fry.

    Pour in blended tomato and pepper mix into the pot and stir in. Add the salt, dry pepper, curry, thyme, bay leaves and maggi cubes.

    Allow it to simmer on low heat for 3 minutes.

    Reduce the heat to the lowest level and pour in the washed rice. Pour in the water and stir and leave on low heat for 20 minutes or till the rice is soft.

    Tip: To get the party rice flavor, increase the heat on the rice and burn the bottom of the pot with the pot covered and stir the rice after 3 minutes of burning.

    Stir the rice and serve with any protein of your choice.

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    61 comments on “How to Make Party Jollof Rice”

    2. Adeola Reply

      I totally disagree with the quantity of water used here cos the quantity of water required to make jollof rice depends on the rice,some rice dnt require up to that amount before its well cooked

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    6. Unique Reply

      Pls, i didn’t see wen u added d ‘2 bay leaves’. Wen is d appropraite tym 2 add it. Nice recipe though.

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    10. Tymat Reply

      @Afrolem u are too much. have tried the Jollof Rice and Fried Rice at my Sis-in law birthday, and they all luv it. and am happy as well. i was HAPPY to tell them about Afrolem.

    11. samba Reply

      How many plates will this recipe serve? – I have notices you usually dont put this on ur recipes.

      • Afrolems Reply

        Hi Samba, I will start putting that as many people have requested that. This will serve about 3-4 people depending on their portion size. If they are heavy eaters maybe 2 people but if they eat moderately then 3-4 people

    12. Frances Reply

      Pls pardon my ignorance. What is another name for bay leaves(common name)?. Thanks

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    15. dolapo Reply

      Hi,
      Should I increase the heat then stir when the rice is done or when I pour it in?

      • Afrolems Reply

        I find it gives it a nice flavor but that is optional. If you don’t personally like garlic, you can skip it in this recipe.

    18. Bsod Reply

      Sorry but did you make this with washed raw rice? Because i didn’t see where you said the rice should be parboiled.

      • Afrolems Reply

        The rice in Canada comes parboiled already in the pack but its raw. That’s why there was no emphasis on parboiling the rice.

    19. Cee Reply

      have you ever put ginger in it before (a small amount)? I tried it once and I can’t remember the measurement but it was the best jollof I’ve ever made and even the caterer who made all the other food asked who made the jollof and was really impressed :(. Can’t remember what I did that day but I think its very similar to your method…I tried another method of parboiling the rice and putting it in the tomato mix but it just tasted like rice and stew kmt…was so annoyed because it was for a party!
      Any pointers will be of great help please because I’m making jollof soon and people are expecting the quality of the last time I made it. Talk about pressure lol
      ps. is the dry pepper the naija one or something else? I should have that in my freezer.
      Thanks 🙂

      • Afrolems Reply

        I have never tried to put ginger but yay I would definitely do that. I have many versions of Jollof rice I make so I am definitely open to the ginger idea. I never really parboil the rice because the rice where I live comes already parboiled or so it says on the pack. Most rice comes parboiled anyway so that’s why I make the stew base and add the raw rice and steam it on really low heat. That way the juices cook the rice. The dry pepper is the Nigerian one but you can use more scotch bonnet peppers if you want it really spicy.

    20. Salam Ruqayyah Odunola Reply

      I agreed bt d quatity of watet , depends on d Rice.

    22. Lois Reply

      Hi pls explain what dry pepper is to me and also what could I use instead of maggi as I can’t find any in my area.
      Most grateful
      Lois

      • Afrolems Reply

        Hi Lois, Dry pepper is blended chilli flakes or chilli powder. Instead of Maggi, you could use any seasoning. The ones sold in regular grocery stores are the Knorr chicken or beef seasoning so you can use that.

    24. Eldon Reply

      It is truly a great and helpful piece of info.
      I’m glad that you shared this useful info with us. Please keep us up to date like this. Thanks for sharing.

    25. Yasky Reply

      That point about burning the pot for the specific party taste! So true. Y’all are thorough with your recipes.

    27. lee thompson Reply

      Nice post. I learn something new and challenging on blogs I stumbleupon everyday.
      It’s always useful to read through articles from other writers and practice a little
      something from other sites.

    29. Stevie Reply

      If I use basmati rice how much water should I use please
      And if I wanted to cook a whole 5 kg of this what would the quantity of the ingredients be please

      • afrolems Reply

        Hello Stevie,
        As far as I know, Basmati rice would require slightly less water. However, since I haven’t used it I would say start with 1.5 cups of water and while it’s steaming, if you taste it and it’s still hard, add another half cup and steam some more till it’s cooked or add more.

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      • afrolems Reply

        Hello Damola, I have tried it once with a non-stick pot, it didn’t give the same intensity of the burnt flavour but I left iton a little longer to help so you could do that but make sure you watch your pot closely.

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    35. ola Reply

      Please I want to make jollof for 200 people how many bag of rice am going to buy and and again the measurement of water am oil to put for in 5okg of rice,jollof rice. Thanks

      • afrolems Reply

        It’s just called bay leaf. However it is not a compulsory ingredient so you can make your jollof rice without it. If you go to the market and ask for bay leaf they would know.

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