Steemit Iron Chef 2021 Act 1 round 01: Ghana jollof

Hello steemians and members of this community, has anyone heard about jollof? Well jollof is basically rice cooked in a tomato sauce and is usually served at wedding, parties in most West African countries.There is a lot of controversy on which country has the best jollof. Ofcourse i am team Ghana and i would like to share with you how its made.

Ingredients
3 table spoons of oil
½ medium size onion
2 Bay leaves
1 teaspoon of chilli powder
1 cup of tomatoes paste
½ teaspoon of salt
1 chicken stock cube
2½ cups of rice

Procedure
Heat a pan with oil and add chopped onion and bay leaf and let it fry for about a minute
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Add tomatopaste, ¼ cup of water,salt and stock cube and let it simmer for about 5 minutes

Wash rice and add to the tomato sauce

Mix everything together well and add 2 cups of water and let it simmer

After about 5 minutes stir the rice

Cover with aluminium foil and let it cook on low heat for about 20minutes

After about 20minutes perfect is made