Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, fried / jollof basmati rice. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Fried / jollof Basmati rice is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Fried / jollof Basmati rice is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

This is how I make Basmati Jollof Rice-the type that puts a smile on the faces of my loved ones! How to cook the perfect Nigerian fried rice using basmati rice. Try out the Nigerian Basmati Jollof Rice. Jollof Rice one of our favorite party food in Nigeria, hardly will you go to any Nigerian party and not find it.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have fried / jollof basmati rice using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Fried / jollof Basmati rice:

1. Prepare 4 cigar cups basmati rice
2. Get 350 mls tomatoes stew
3. Prepare 1/2 whole chicken
4. Get 1 teaspoon thyme, 2 teaspoons curry
5. Prepare to taste Onion, knorr cubes, salt
6. Make ready 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
7. Make ready 2 cups mixed vegetables (Carrot, peas, cabbage, sweetcorn)
8. Make ready 1/4 cup chopped spring onion (optional)
9. Prepare 1 1/2 cups precooked shrimps

This will produce rice that isn't sticky and is better for the fried rice application. Put the rice in a large bowl and fill with fresh room-temperature water. Jollof rice is found throughout West Africa and is thought to be the origin of the Cajun dish, jambalaya. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper and serve the joffol with fried plantains and a crisp green salad.

Steps to make Fried / jollof Basmati rice:

1. Pour the chicken stock and the tomato stew into a sizeable pot. If the mixture is too thick, add a very small quantity of water. Add pepper (pound or blend it first) and curry powder. Stir very well, cover the pot and cook till it boils.
2. Add the drained 2 cups of basmati rice, stir and make sure the liquid in the pot is at the same level as the rice. Cover the pot and cook on low to medium heat till all the water dries up. When you taste the rice, you will notice that it is still raw and hard to the bite. Please do NOT add more water to it.
3. Stir the rice with a wooden spoon. You can add more tomato stew before stirring if you think it is not red enough.
4. Turn off the heat, cover the pot with aluminium foil followed by the pot cover. Make it as airtight as possible so that no heat escapes. Leave it like that for 5 to 7 minutes, at most, 10 minutes. After that, open the pot, stir and you will notice that the rice is now well done, not soggy, has loose grains and it is tasty.
5. For Basmati fried rice: 2 cups basmati rice (washed) - Place a large pot (with a good fitting lid) on medium heat; add 1 part each of oil, curry, thyme, 1 cube maggi, and 1 teaspoon of salt. Stir. Add in 3 cups water. Cover the pot, increase heat to high and bring the mixture to a boil.
6. Reduce the heat to medium-low (2.5-3), add in the rice and stir. Cover the pot tightly (I cover my pot with foil paper usually and then add on the lid) leave the rice to cook for 25 minutes. Set aside to cool
7. Place another large pot on medium heat, add in the left over oil and heat slightly. Add all left over ingredients and cook for 2 minutes.
8. Add in the precooked rice, meat (if using) and 3 tablespoons water, combine. Taste and adjust for seasoning as needed. Simmer for another 3 minutes - Serve and Enjoy!

Jollof rice is found throughout West Africa and is thought to be the origin of the Cajun dish, jambalaya. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper and serve the joffol with fried plantains and a crisp green salad. Basmati Jollof Rice is simply Nigerian style Jollof rice made with Basmati rice as opposed to the pretty common long grain rice. I've had several requests for Basmati Jollof Rice recipe in the past and quite frankly, I hardly cook with Basmati rice. I had had so may misses with Basmati in the past.

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