Table for TwoJollof Rice
Smoky tomato-pepper rice cooked in one pot with big West African flavor.
Photo: Keesha's Kitchen / Unsplash
⏱ 45 min📶 Medium👫 Serves 2🥬 Vegetarian☪ Muslim-friendly
Ingredients (for 2)
- Long-grain rice, 180 g
- Tomatoes, 3
- Red bell pepper, 1
- Onion, 1
- Tomato paste, 1 tbsp
- Vegetable stock, 400 ml
- Thyme, ½ tsp
- Curry powder, ½ tsp
Steps
- Blend tomatoes, pepper and half the onion.
- Cook remaining onion and tomato paste in oil, then add the blended mixture and simmer until reduced.
- Add rice, stock, thyme and curry powder. Cover and cook on low until the rice is tender.
- Rest 5 minutes, fluff and serve with a simple salad.
Cook it together: One of you: blend the tomato-pepper base. The other: cook and monitor the rice.
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