Nigerian jollof rice

Different African countries have their way of cooking jollof rice. For those who are allergic to sea foods, since these are optional you can always replace them with others you feel comfortable with. One may choose to have a mixture of fish, beef, mutton and chicken or one may decide to just use one of the four.

Ingredients:

5 cups of rice
½ kilo of shrimp, crayfish, periwinkle (optional)
2 kilograms of fish, beef, mutton or chicken, pork
I medium sized onion
3 red and green pepper
Tomatoes
Green peas
Red pepper, onion and tomatoes (blended)
Corn beef
Salt
Vegetable oil
Seasoning (knhello
korr, black pepper, curry, thyme and white pepper)
Water

Method:

The shrimp should be peeled, if you intend to use a bit of fish, beef, pork, mutton and chicken, then they should all be rinsed and boiled together with the exception of the fish. Add some salt, onion and seasoning and allow it to boil for 30 minutes then set aside. Dice onion, tomatoes, red and green pepper then set aside. Pour some water into a pot, bring to boil and pour the rice into it to per boil the rice, allow the rice to boil for 10 minutes then pour the rice into a sieve and rinse the rice in cold water. (this is done to prevent the rice from sticking together when cooked). Pour some water into the pot, add some portion of the blended red pepper, tomatoes and onion to the water in the pot, add some salt as well as seasoning into the pot and a spoon of vegetable oil. Pour in the diced onion, red and green pepper and bring to boil. Pour the half cooked rice, green peas and corn beef into the pot and allow it to cook for 20 minutes. The jollof rice is ready, but some people prefer to add some sauce to their jollof rice. The sauce can be prepared by pouring vegetable oil into a frying pan, when it is hot what is left of the blended red pepper, tomatoes and onion is poured into the frying pan, add some salt to taste as well as some seasoning, add fish, beef, pork, mutton and chicken then stir and allow to fry for 7 minutes then set aside.

This serves 5 people