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Popular all over West Africa, Jollof Rice, or Ceebu Jen as it’s known in Senegal, is perhaps the best known West African dish because it’s delicious and easy to prepare. A little like an ‘African risotto’.
Huge variations of Jollof Rice are possible but basic ingredients tend to be - a special rice that has been parboiled* and then dried, tomatoes and tomato paste, onion, salt, and red pepper. Beyond that, nearly any kind of meat, fish, vegetable, or spice can be added.
Ingredients
Obe Ata (African Sauce)
5 tomatoes
3 red capsicums
6 fresh chillies
1 onion, finely chopped
3 shallots
3 spring onions
1 celery stalk, diced
Pinch of salt
Efiri (Fresh African mint)
100ml 100% pure palm fruit oil
Fish and Rice
1kg fresh fish (Marlin) cut into cubes
Dried crushed chillies
2 medium size carrot chopped
2 chopped capsicums
2 chopped tomatoes
2 zucchini (or 2 stalks of celery with leaves)
Salt
Palm fruit oil
2 cups long grain rice, parboiled*
200ml water
Preparation
Obe Ata (African Sauce)
Blend the chopped tomatoes in a bowl and set aside. In a separate bowl blend the capsicums and chilli.
Heat the palm fruit oil in a pan and add the African mint, chopped shallots, spring onions, diced celery and salt and stir well for approximately 1 minute. Then add the blended tomatoes and the blended capsicum & chilli.
Fish and Rice
Cut Marlin into large cubes and sprinkle with dried crushed chillies and set aside.
Heat some palm fruit oil In a deep saucepan and add chopped carrot, capsicum, tomatoes and zucchini with a little salt.
Then add cubed fish, water and long grain rice and the Obe Ata sauce. Gently mix together and bring to boil. Cover pot with lid and simmer for approximately 45 minutes until rice and vegetables are cooked.
Serve with fried plantain slices.
If you enjoyed this Jollof rice recipe then browse more African recipes, rice recipes, meat recipes, easy recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.
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