Ghanaian Jollof Rice

Ingredients:

1 medium size onion – thinly sliced or chopped
1 medium size tomato – de-skinned and chopped
Few sprigs of fresh thyme, or a sprinkle of dried thyme
1 teaspoon chilli powder
2 teaspoons shrimp stock (GF)
1 teaspoon tomato puree
Cooking oil (olive oil)
Basmati rice – washed
Water
Frozen vegetables

From the many Jollof Rice recipes I've looked up and at, you can add chicken or shrimp to this dish.

Serves 2

Method:

1. Sauté the onions until soften for about 2 minutes on a medium heat.
2. Add the chopped tomato and the fresh thyme. Stir until tomato softens.
3. Then add the tomato puree, chilli powder and shrimp stock. Stir for a few seconds and then add the washed rice. Coat the rice in the gravy for a few seconds.
4. Then add water. Taste the seasoning, add salt if you think necessary. Reduce the heat to low and let the rice cook for about 20 minutes.
5. Add the frozen vegetables and stir gently into the rice. Cook for another 5 minutes.
6. I like the vegetable to be crunchy when I serve it. If you like the vegetable to be soft and cooked, you can add the vegetable at step 3, just after the rice.

Serve the jollof rice with shiito or fish stew or fried fish, boiled egg and green salad
Recipe borrowed from: http://www.myrecipepages.com/2011/01/25/rice/jollof-rice/