This is not jollof rice at all!!!!! with all that stirring the rice must have burnt (i'm very certain of that!) And again, Nigerians do not cook rice with palm oil (abi na soup u dey make?). One more thing: adding those green peas at that point would made them all brown and soggy when the water dries. It's a vegetable, you add at the end when the rice is almost done and cook tops 5 mins. She must have substituted another pot of rice (with editing, anything is possible).
That is certainly not jollof rice, what you made was more like fried rice. I actually take that route/method when I want to cook fried rice, thanks though for the time.
ive seen the chefs at the Mariot hotel cooking jollof rice and they would say this is a very bad way of cooking it if they saw this video and wonder where you got your cooking lisence from!
my grandma will kill u if she sees this. OMG!! this is your version and not the african way its done. U dont seem to be home very much,you probably have a cook that does this cuz this is scandalous...lol
Wooo, you lost me early with the talking Lol. I didn't know people could be "partial" to ingredients, and so many in one meal, at that.You said a "dash" of palm oil, what you used was really about 2/3cup. So should it be a dash, and because you're partial you'd rather use 2/3cup?? But wait though, no one noticed that critter at 7:50??!
Great recipe however jambalaya is not an African American dish it is a Cajun dish, Cajun food is a combination of both African and French food, African American food is called soul food...However all of it is very tasty.
@WishfulFancy I believe the dish was inherited by a combination of african heritage mixed with the colonialism of french which the african slaves had adopted therefore it is an african american dish. They are the ones who made Jambalaya a traditional dish which lives on in the southern states.
@bahiyyah19 I believe you should study the origins of cuisine, however it is not a matter of belief but of fact, both white french descendants and black African descendants both still use these Cajun dishes today making no dividing line of race.
Sorry but that is NOT JOLLOF RICE and its not called Risoto, jumbalaya or paella... Those have different ingredients and different ways of cooking them.. What that woman just coked looks like fried rice without the carrots and other essential vegetables and ingredients.... Can someone actually upload a tutorial of a step by step way to cook authentic african jollof rice cos she spent like most of the time talking instead of cooking... ¬_¬.
@biacie i feel u, there are other videos here on youtube that come close. i would upload a proper way of cooking it but i live alone and no one to help me film it.
In curry terms J'olof is equivalent to Pilau rice not Biriyani. People can and often add ingredients, which can lead to confusion over what J'olof rice is. Like pilau rice, J'olof can be eaten with stew.
Benachin is equivalent to a Biriyani dish. Both usually/always served with extra ingredients added.
In Pizza terms, J'olof is a Margarita (plain), Benachin is a Meat feast pizza (full of extras). Because j'olof is plain, people can and do add what they like. Hence confusion.
I don't understand why people can't just appreciate good things without bringing in negativity, too opinionated, keep it simple, thanks for the video, love the background music too.
I don't understand why people can't just appreciate good things without bringing in negativity, too opinionated, keep it simple, thanks for the video, love the background music too.
I don't understand why people can't just appreciate good things without bringing in negativity, too opinionated, keep it simple, thanks for the video, love the background music too.
The "original" probably had two chefs and one or two assistants to help with preparation. When cooked, at least two people would be needed to lift the pot off the fire.
It is senseless to comapre this to the original. Yes it was inspired by the original, but it is not trying to be the original.
The original was inspired by what the people needed. Elsewhere people have different needs (and taste).
There no such thing as Nigerian Jollof Rice, Jollof Rice originated from the Senegambia region ( from the Wolof people of Senegal- according to the history and data Nigerian copy this style of cooking with much less success in ingredients, taste and sophistication.
Accordingly the peanut sauce stew comes from the Dogon region and the Bambara people of Mali. Nigerian like most Africans eat a paste knows as fufu, mixture of “Yukka” roots with palm oil rat meat, or cow hide. Wile most east Africans from kenya to Tanzania Mozambique, Swahili and Luau etc.. typically consume corn and by product of corns.
As Africans, don't we have more to argue over or better, fight for, concerning our beautiful continent. Jollof rice is good cooked by any African...Big up AFRICAN jollof rice.
I am Indian .......and recently became a big fan of african cuisine( always thought African food is very mild with no spices)......just made jollof rice but with olive oil instead of peanut oil in the usual way i suppose...thanks:)
i'm african american and have tried this dish several times miserably failing each and every time and wasting precious food for a disgusting end product. can you please give measurements or do you give cooking lessons? I love this rice and would like to make it myself and it's always a pain to try and get someone to cook it for me. thanks a million.
risotto, pilau, paella & jambalaya are completely different to jollof rice!!! The onyl similarity is that they all use rice, but thats where the similarity ends. How can you compare jollof and risotto?? please!
please do not argue over lovely jollof rice. i am caribbean and like jollof cooked by any African because they all taste extremely similar. Jollof is the best. Yum!
It sounds very authentic. Looks delicious. Awesome! I would like to know if it would be possible to get this recipe in written form. I would love to cook that for my Nigerian boyfriend. We are a couple since 6 month now and I know that we are made for each other. So it would be a great suprise for him. Is it possible to get it? Thank you so much in advance.
i am african american and i like to eat. african food, haitian jamaican and deep south dishes all make my mouth water, i dont care who originated it add some fish to this dish put it in front of me and i will devour it. it looks good to me!
Thank you my sister. You've made the point. Our effort should be focused on promoting Africa's food and dishes. This programme only suggests another way of achieving the same or similar result.
Jollof Rice in Senegal is different from Nigerian Jollof rice, We are the originator of jollof rice tho inspirated by Senegal local dish "Chep", Spanish have Paella. All are rice dishes but with different ingredients and style of preparation. Ghana and other African country copy Jollof rice from Nigeria, the Lagosians are the owners of Jollof rice (they love rice dishes and Sea food e.g Fish)
@omoibile Jollof was a kingdom/empire in Senegal! So I don't know how does the jollof rice come from Nigeria. The jollof rice is a pale copy of the well known "chebu jënn" created since the 17th/18th century.. Literally, Jollof rice means rice from Jollof (Senegal). How can the Senegalese copy you if you call your recipe "rice from Jolof"? It doesn't sound right.... Even on some nigerian/ghana websites, they tell us that this recipe comes from the ex Senegambia... Ain't nothing bad about it.
@TatyjaK :Was there anywhere I wrote that senegal copied Nigerian dish? I wrote clearly that the rice dish was derived from senegal local dish Chep bujenn, that is why we named it Jollof ( nigeria call all senegal in those days wollof) Please read my comment again and get the message, there is no rice dish called jollof in Senegal. What they have is chep bujenn a cuisine brought by nigerians in Gambia and later modified. Jollof Rice is totally different from chep and taste different. too.
@TatyjaK : Yoruba traders in Gambia/ Senegal are the ones who invented jollof rice through chep bujenn inspiration. Just as Brazilian freed slaves brought along their cuisine to Lagos Frejons (beans dish popular at Good friday and Easter holidays) Similar to brazilian frejoles.
Chep bujenn have been ever before jollof rice and Senegal is the only West African country that eat no other food apart from rice dishes and drink tea and "Senegal Bread" french stick....lol.. (No pun intended)
@omoibile "through chep bujenn inspiration" < I concur. That's why I have stated previously that it is a copy, the original is the chebu jenn and nigerian, ghanaian, liberian etc. have adapted it to their taste. "Senegal is the only West African country that eat no other food apart from rice dishes..."< LOL!!! you are soooo wrong!!!! Have you ever been to Senegal??? They eat rice for lunch but never for diner. Their main subsistence are rice, millet, fonio, corn, etc. (food & cereal crops). lol
@TatyjaK : Wao .. Yes, (I can't write good in wolof) I've been to Senegal and I have friends from there. I was fed rice all day long.. De gele (true talk) I enjoyed their rice dishes and I love the fishes too. Sa ma gol (My friend) Na ge def ? How are you? hehehe ... I spent 3 wks in Dakar and I went to other places too. I noticed they only eat one square meal a day. In Nigeria we eat 3 square meal a day. Tea in the morning and afternoon or mid afternoon the rice dish later at night more tea..
@omoibile ROFL! LOL! you are soo funny :) "Sa ma gol (My friend)" < no, sa ma gol = my love (you say it to your lover, your spouse, etc.) I don't know where you have been to but in Senegal, they eat 3 square meal a day (usually rice for lunch and millet, stew, something you eat with bread for diner) plus the breakfast (a typical french one). But not everyone can afford them, that's why you may see some families eating 1 square meal a day. And yes, because of the arab influence, tea is a must <3
@omoibile ROFL! LOL! you are soo funny :) "Sa ma gol (My friend)" < no, sa ma gol = my love (you say it to your lover, your spouse, etc.) I don't know where you have been to but in Senegal, they eat 3 square meal a day (usually rice for lunch and millet, stew, something you eat with bread for diner) plus the breakfast (a typical french one). But not everyone can afford them, that's why you may see some families eating 1 square meal a day. And yes, because of the arab influence, tea is a must <3
@omoibile ROFL! LOL! you are soo funny :) "Sa ma gol (My friend)" < no, sa ma gol = my love (you say it to your lover, your spouse, etc.) I don't know where you have been to but in Senegal, they eat 3 square meal a day (usually rice for lunch and millet, stew, something you eat with bread for diner) plus the breakfast (a typical french one). But not everyone can afford them, that's why you may see some families eating 1 square meal a day. And yes, because of the arab influence, tea is a must <3
@omoibile ROFL! LOL! you are soo funny :) And no, "sa ma gol" = my love, sweetheart... (you say it to your lover, your spouse, etc.) I don't know where you have been to but in Senegal, they eat 3 square meal a day (usually rice for lunch and millet, stew, something you eat with bread for diner) plus the breakfast (a typical french one). But not everyone can afford them, that's why you may see some families eating 1 square meal a day. And yes, because of the arab influence, tea is a must <3
@TatyjaK Jere jef Thank you! ..lol..I'm learning more from you. I must confess Senegal have the best rice cuisine in the whole of Africa. Very peaceful country and I enjoyed myself so much. I was with a modest family where I was treated like one of theirs. I like their eating habit and wish my people stop the heavy food consumption of fufu, yam, cassava, plantain and loads of meat ..lol.. I used to think Senegalese eating habit is healthier and wasn't about finance alone but just a lifestyle.
am sorry but after watching the video the second time, this is the poorest way of doing jollof i have ever seen, the damn jollof dont even look red, You might think its chinese rice or something. THat is soooooooo not the way to do jollof rice. For those interested ask a ghanaian and they will show you, even a man can show you better than this lady
you can give ppl from all over africa the same ingredients for jollof rice, but i guarantee you a ghanaian jollof will turn out the best taste than anybody elses. The nigerians know this but wont accept it,thats why they love attending our parties - Ghanaians have the best food
SORRY to disappoint you but the best JOLLOF RICE is the one cooked by the owners of the rice.....the GAMBIANS/SENEGALESE!
This is THEIR RICE and so they know the proper way of cooking it, ALL other tribes/ ethnicities that cook it are cooking variations of the ORIGINAL RECIPE.
P.S I'm Nigerian by the way, but I just wanted to set the record straight!
Tho Lagos traders got the inspiration from them hence they say Jollof for Wollof rice, they changed the recipee. I thank the effort of the cook here but that's not real Jollof. You don't fry rice cause u're not cooking fried rice. Jollof is Rice almost done, stew fried dry apart added to half done rice with margarine extra tomato sauce, thyme et,c added cover left to simmer on low fire, turn/check not to burn. The starting of this jollof is wrong. I'm a Lagosian where it's originated
You maybe right! but I was told by a Sene/Gambian that its THEIR rice,since they too call it 'Jollof '. Personally, I prefer theirs, but Nigerian over Ghanaian any day!
Here in England, Ghanaians' often use basmati rice, which in my opinion ruins the taste and texture of Jollof rice....what do you think?
They call theirs Chep in their country and quite different they usually use fried fish and garden egg with theirs, ask any of them this, maybe because of Nigerians Jollof rice similar to theirs and they're the only country that eat rice morning aftenoon and night...lol.. Thats their staple food, they even eat it like fufu,Tuwo rice like Hausas... They look like them anyway.
Thanks for your comment. I am not at all disappointed. It is not a competiton. We are simply trying to promote Africa's cuisines. Wollof Rice is were it all started then metamorphorse to Jollof rice, Jumbulaya, Paella, Rissoto, Pilau rice, Ploff. This is some aspects of the anthropology of Africa's cuisines.
@vixxy02 being a GAMBIANS/SENEGALESE doesnt mean u can do it in the best way, it depends on ur skills in fact i never seen any one of them came forward and show us hw to do it so dnt be negative!!!
@dmackntosh Who ever told you I'm Gambian or Senegalese?And where's the negativity in my statement? PLEASE! if it is their dish which others copied of course they will have the upper hand on cooking it! You wouldn't expect a full blooded English chef to cook Chinese food better than the Chinese would you? PLEASE If the poster of the video as well as those who KNOW don't have a problem, what makes you think I give a damn about YOUR negative comment?
Thank you for watching Palmwine and Plantains. I did not use all of the jar, because tha Alafia Tomato Stew has all the ingredients - it is a cooking sauce ready to use; it saves time, which is the point of this way of cooking Joloff Rice.
thanks very much, i cook it and it comes out very well.i want to ask, my son is having birthday and i want to cook for 70people, how many kilo of rice can i use and how many grams of peas too. i will be greatfull .
im half casst and i can make jolof better than this
natho2k11 11 hours ago
wow it looks yummy!!!
AfricanFoodRecipes 5 days ago
This is not jollof rice at all!!!!! with all that stirring the rice must have burnt (i'm very certain of that!) And again, Nigerians do not cook rice with palm oil (abi na soup u dey make?). One more thing: adding those green peas at that point would made them all brown and soggy when the water dries. It's a vegetable, you add at the end when the rice is almost done and cook tops 5 mins. She must have substituted another pot of rice (with editing, anything is possible).
MsEzed 1 month ago
That is certainly not jollof rice, what you made was more like fried rice. I actually take that route/method when I want to cook fried rice, thanks though for the time.
adaNtemi 2 months ago
ive seen the chefs at the Mariot hotel cooking jollof rice and they would say this is a very bad way of cooking it if they saw this video and wonder where you got your cooking lisence from!
tribefenatic 2 months ago
my grandma will kill u if she sees this. OMG!! this is your version and not the african way its done. U dont seem to be home very much,you probably have a cook that does this cuz this is scandalous...lol
Hhumanlink 2 months ago
this is not how to prepare nigeria jollof rice if its your version of it then its very fine
thanks for the post
onofej 5 months ago
woow, that looked more like fried rice though. it didn't turn out red enough
1stnubianprincess 5 months ago
ooooooo! i love that you're using "sweet mother" as the sound track. I adore that song....Oh and great cooking too :)
talk2minie 6 months ago
too much talking......
jam88jam 7 months ago
Wooo, you lost me early with the talking Lol. I didn't know people could be "partial" to ingredients, and so many in one meal, at that.You said a "dash" of palm oil, what you used was really about 2/3cup. So should it be a dash, and because you're partial you'd rather use 2/3cup?? But wait though, no one noticed that critter at 7:50??!
so0flawless 7 months ago
was the rice already cooked with water? or is the vegetable stock liquid to cook the rice?
kimsmells1 7 months ago
Use Esther's Ready Stew. Before you even finish this video you'll be done eating Jollof Rice! readystew(dot)com
StandupOhon 7 months ago
paprika?
pureknightxs 8 months ago
It is nasty not to wash the rice at least twice.
ROIMIMOS 9 months ago
It is nasty not to wash the rice at least twice.
ROIMIMOS 9 months ago
that doesn't look easy to make but man it looks tasty, i'm confused about the measurements, i guess i can't cook that much, i want that sauce though.
how about showing how to cook a smaller amount for those who live alone or can't afford to use two jars all the time?
TheExlurker 10 months ago
Is this Nigerian supermarket?
shussey100 10 months ago
@fabs1979, well said babes!!!
untothenizzzown 11 months ago
Great recipe however jambalaya is not an African American dish it is a Cajun dish, Cajun food is a combination of both African and French food, African American food is called soul food...However all of it is very tasty.
WishfulFancy 11 months ago
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@WishfulFancy I believe the dish was inherited by a combination of african heritage mixed with the colonialism of french which the african slaves had adopted therefore it is an african american dish. They are the ones who made Jambalaya a traditional dish which lives on in the southern states.
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@bahiyyah19 I believe you should study the origins of cuisine, however it is not a matter of belief but of fact, both white french descendants and black African descendants both still use these Cajun dishes today making no dividing line of race.
WishfulFancy 10 months ago
Sorry but that is NOT JOLLOF RICE and its not called Risoto, jumbalaya or paella... Those have different ingredients and different ways of cooking them.. What that woman just coked looks like fried rice without the carrots and other essential vegetables and ingredients.... Can someone actually upload a tutorial of a step by step way to cook authentic african jollof rice cos she spent like most of the time talking instead of cooking... ¬_¬.
biacie 1 year ago 4
@biacie i feel u, there are other videos here on youtube that come close. i would upload a proper way of cooking it but i live alone and no one to help me film it.
summerglow 1 year ago
hi, when did you add the seasoning like the bay leaf and papirika..was it after the rice was fully cooked?
solarlolax 1 year ago
@laydeetk a lot of africans make jolof rice. im cameroonian and its common in cameroon, too
Chacha5678 1 year ago
Does it mean she did no wash the rice? coz i dont understand.
ayomideization1 1 year ago
must learn how to cook it
monpaps1 1 year ago
I love jellow rice my husband is nigerian. I wish I could cook it for him, thanks for the video very nice one.
sweetcoeur1 1 year ago 2
hi nice job but i did not see u washing the rice before pouring it in the pot.
ibitoyebimpe 1 year ago
@ibitoyebimpe no need to wash the rice, if you can cook spaghetti without washing, why not rice? do you suggest washing with soap or just rinsing?
viokand 1 year ago
hi nice job but i did not see u washing the rice before pouring it in the pot.0
ibitoyebimpe 1 year ago
In curry terms J'olof is equivalent to Pilau rice not Biriyani. People can and often add ingredients, which can lead to confusion over what J'olof rice is. Like pilau rice, J'olof can be eaten with stew.
Benachin is equivalent to a Biriyani dish. Both usually/always served with extra ingredients added.
In Pizza terms, J'olof is a Margarita (plain), Benachin is a Meat feast pizza (full of extras). Because j'olof is plain, people can and do add what they like. Hence confusion.
JudgeJollof 1 year ago
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I don't understand why people can't just appreciate good things without bringing in negativity, too opinionated, keep it simple, thanks for the video, love the background music too.
crownroyalchi 1 year ago
I don't understand why people can't just appreciate good things without bringing in negativity, too opinionated, keep it simple, thanks for the video, love the background music too.
crownroyalchi 1 year ago
I don't understand why people can't just appreciate good things without bringing in negativity, too opinionated, keep it simple, thanks for the video, love the background music too.
crownroyalchi 1 year ago
The "original" probably had two chefs and one or two assistants to help with preparation. When cooked, at least two people would be needed to lift the pot off the fire.
It is senseless to comapre this to the original. Yes it was inspired by the original, but it is not trying to be the original.
The original was inspired by what the people needed. Elsewhere people have different needs (and taste).
JudgeJollof 1 year ago
There no such thing as Nigerian Jollof Rice, Jollof Rice originated from the Senegambia region ( from the Wolof people of Senegal- according to the history and data Nigerian copy this style of cooking with much less success in ingredients, taste and sophistication.
Gluluman 1 year ago
Accordingly the peanut sauce stew comes from the Dogon region and the Bambara people of Mali. Nigerian like most Africans eat a paste knows as fufu, mixture of “Yukka” roots with palm oil rat meat, or cow hide. Wile most east Africans from kenya to Tanzania Mozambique, Swahili and Luau etc.. typically consume corn and by product of corns.
Gluluman 1 year ago
@Gluluman Apart from the language, you ought to be aware about slang words.
Bush meat is not literally rat meat.
JudgeJollof 1 year ago
im interested in trying african food but im afraid
carmellac2000 1 year ago
As Africans, don't we have more to argue over or better, fight for, concerning our beautiful continent. Jollof rice is good cooked by any African...Big up AFRICAN jollof rice.
fabs1979 1 year ago
I am Indian .......and recently became a big fan of african cuisine( always thought African food is very mild with no spices)......just made jollof rice but with olive oil instead of peanut oil in the usual way i suppose...thanks:)
zairt 1 year ago
At 8:00 the spoon didnt even fit in the jar. Haahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe.
Samanthau2fan 1 year ago
@Samanthau2fan u are stupid ur point is!!!!
0717barbara 1 year ago
@0717barbara i dont have a point just sayin. and by the way i love jollof rice
Samanthau2fan 1 year ago
@Samanthau2fan hehe i laughed
aprilgiselle 1 year ago
I love african food and im not even african... its the spicyness i love..
Teaser7 1 year ago
i'm actually nigerian and jollof rice is delicious expecially the way my mom makes it kind of different from this but similar.
rocklee4578 1 year ago
i really like your voice =)
arelphelps 1 year ago
I was at my Gambian's friend house yesterday and had Jollof Rice and it was the best meal I've ever had! :)
mar13org 1 year ago
kwasia wa bo dam Ghana ne have de best jallof rice,,,, nonsense
Marfioso 1 year ago
im spanish and i loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee Nigerian food
SPAINole3 1 year ago
Hi Odeiga. Have u get my email? I hope you answer as soon as possible. Thx!
Africanwify 1 year ago
i'm african american and have tried this dish several times miserably failing each and every time and wasting precious food for a disgusting end product. can you please give measurements or do you give cooking lessons? I love this rice and would like to make it myself and it's always a pain to try and get someone to cook it for me. thanks a million.
iroc31407 1 year ago
risotto, pilau, paella & jambalaya are completely different to jollof rice!!! The onyl similarity is that they all use rice, but thats where the similarity ends. How can you compare jollof and risotto?? please!
This Jollof looks tasty tho. :)
foxgirl100 1 year ago
There are so many ways to cook Jollof it seems. I like the music btw :-)
spunnybunny 2 years ago
mama' do you mind telling me where one can purchase the Alafia Tomato cooking sauce in the U. S. , ? thank you
WordlyHelp 2 years ago
Oh man...I am going to kick this dish up to the ceiling...ohhhhh Thank you!
hardhitter0421 2 years ago
please do not argue over lovely jollof rice. i am caribbean and like jollof cooked by any African because they all taste extremely similar. Jollof is the best. Yum!
miggy221 2 years ago
It sounds very authentic. Looks delicious. Awesome! I would like to know if it would be possible to get this recipe in written form. I would love to cook that for my Nigerian boyfriend. We are a couple since 6 month now and I know that we are made for each other. So it would be a great suprise for him. Is it possible to get it? Thank you so much in advance.
suelady78 2 years ago
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suelady78 2 years ago
great steps and great outcomes. we need more restaurants worldwide for this meal.
AfricanCentreforCom 2 years ago 3
could you inbox the steps on how to make jollof rice please , thank you for the video
yin104 2 years ago
i am african american and i like to eat. african food, haitian jamaican and deep south dishes all make my mouth water, i dont care who originated it add some fish to this dish put it in front of me and i will devour it. it looks good to me!
oldschoolsituationz 2 years ago 17
Thank you my sister. You've made the point. Our effort should be focused on promoting Africa's food and dishes. This programme only suggests another way of achieving the same or similar result.
odeigahouse 2 years ago 2
@oldschoolsituationz you sound more like u 'love' it. thats cool
leaderofnow 1 year ago
@oldschoolsituationz and also a large bucket of fried chicken from kfc then watermelon for desert and some grape soda
lokrenzo 1 year ago
Jollof Rice in Senegal is different from Nigerian Jollof rice, We are the originator of jollof rice tho inspirated by Senegal local dish "Chep", Spanish have Paella. All are rice dishes but with different ingredients and style of preparation. Ghana and other African country copy Jollof rice from Nigeria, the Lagosians are the owners of Jollof rice (they love rice dishes and Sea food e.g Fish)
omoibile 2 years ago
@omoibile Jollof was a kingdom/empire in Senegal! So I don't know how does the jollof rice come from Nigeria. The jollof rice is a pale copy of the well known "chebu jënn" created since the 17th/18th century.. Literally, Jollof rice means rice from Jollof (Senegal). How can the Senegalese copy you if you call your recipe "rice from Jolof"? It doesn't sound right.... Even on some nigerian/ghana websites, they tell us that this recipe comes from the ex Senegambia... Ain't nothing bad about it.
TatyjaK 5 months ago
@TatyjaK :Was there anywhere I wrote that senegal copied Nigerian dish? I wrote clearly that the rice dish was derived from senegal local dish Chep bujenn, that is why we named it Jollof ( nigeria call all senegal in those days wollof) Please read my comment again and get the message, there is no rice dish called jollof in Senegal. What they have is chep bujenn a cuisine brought by nigerians in Gambia and later modified. Jollof Rice is totally different from chep and taste different. too.
omoibile 5 months ago
@TatyjaK : Yoruba traders in Gambia/ Senegal are the ones who invented jollof rice through chep bujenn inspiration. Just as Brazilian freed slaves brought along their cuisine to Lagos Frejons (beans dish popular at Good friday and Easter holidays) Similar to brazilian frejoles.
Chep bujenn have been ever before jollof rice and Senegal is the only West African country that eat no other food apart from rice dishes and drink tea and "Senegal Bread" french stick....lol.. (No pun intended)
omoibile 5 months ago
@omoibile "through chep bujenn inspiration" < I concur. That's why I have stated previously that it is a copy, the original is the chebu jenn and nigerian, ghanaian, liberian etc. have adapted it to their taste. "Senegal is the only West African country that eat no other food apart from rice dishes..."< LOL!!! you are soooo wrong!!!! Have you ever been to Senegal??? They eat rice for lunch but never for diner. Their main subsistence are rice, millet, fonio, corn, etc. (food & cereal crops). lol
TatyjaK 5 months ago
@TatyjaK : Wao .. Yes, (I can't write good in wolof) I've been to Senegal and I have friends from there. I was fed rice all day long.. De gele (true talk) I enjoyed their rice dishes and I love the fishes too. Sa ma gol (My friend) Na ge def ? How are you? hehehe ... I spent 3 wks in Dakar and I went to other places too. I noticed they only eat one square meal a day. In Nigeria we eat 3 square meal a day. Tea in the morning and afternoon or mid afternoon the rice dish later at night more tea..
omoibile 5 months ago
@omoibile ROFL! LOL! you are soo funny :) "Sa ma gol (My friend)" < no, sa ma gol = my love (you say it to your lover, your spouse, etc.) I don't know where you have been to but in Senegal, they eat 3 square meal a day (usually rice for lunch and millet, stew, something you eat with bread for diner) plus the breakfast (a typical french one). But not everyone can afford them, that's why you may see some families eating 1 square meal a day. And yes, because of the arab influence, tea is a must <3
TatyjaK 5 months ago
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@omoibile ROFL! LOL! you are soo funny :) "Sa ma gol (My friend)" < no, sa ma gol = my love (you say it to your lover, your spouse, etc.) I don't know where you have been to but in Senegal, they eat 3 square meal a day (usually rice for lunch and millet, stew, something you eat with bread for diner) plus the breakfast (a typical french one). But not everyone can afford them, that's why you may see some families eating 1 square meal a day. And yes, because of the arab influence, tea is a must <3
TatyjaK 5 months ago
@omoibile ROFL! LOL! you are soo funny :) "Sa ma gol (My friend)" < no, sa ma gol = my love (you say it to your lover, your spouse, etc.) I don't know where you have been to but in Senegal, they eat 3 square meal a day (usually rice for lunch and millet, stew, something you eat with bread for diner) plus the breakfast (a typical french one). But not everyone can afford them, that's why you may see some families eating 1 square meal a day. And yes, because of the arab influence, tea is a must <3
TatyjaK 5 months ago
@omoibile ROFL! LOL! you are soo funny :) And no, "sa ma gol" = my love, sweetheart... (you say it to your lover, your spouse, etc.) I don't know where you have been to but in Senegal, they eat 3 square meal a day (usually rice for lunch and millet, stew, something you eat with bread for diner) plus the breakfast (a typical french one). But not everyone can afford them, that's why you may see some families eating 1 square meal a day. And yes, because of the arab influence, tea is a must <3
TatyjaK 5 months ago
@TatyjaK Jere jef Thank you! ..lol..I'm learning more from you. I must confess Senegal have the best rice cuisine in the whole of Africa. Very peaceful country and I enjoyed myself so much. I was with a modest family where I was treated like one of theirs. I like their eating habit and wish my people stop the heavy food consumption of fufu, yam, cassava, plantain and loads of meat ..lol.. I used to think Senegalese eating habit is healthier and wasn't about finance alone but just a lifestyle.
omoibile 5 months ago
am sorry but after watching the video the second time, this is the poorest way of doing jollof i have ever seen, the damn jollof dont even look red, You might think its chinese rice or something. THat is soooooooo not the way to do jollof rice. For those interested ask a ghanaian and they will show you, even a man can show you better than this lady
simp1eone 2 years ago
you can give ppl from all over africa the same ingredients for jollof rice, but i guarantee you a ghanaian jollof will turn out the best taste than anybody elses. The nigerians know this but wont accept it,thats why they love attending our parties - Ghanaians have the best food
simp1eone 2 years ago
SORRY to disappoint you but the best JOLLOF RICE is the one cooked by the owners of the rice.....the GAMBIANS/SENEGALESE!
This is THEIR RICE and so they know the proper way of cooking it, ALL other tribes/ ethnicities that cook it are cooking variations of the ORIGINAL RECIPE.
P.S I'm Nigerian by the way, but I just wanted to set the record straight!
vixxy02 2 years ago
Tho Lagos traders got the inspiration from them hence they say Jollof for Wollof rice, they changed the recipee. I thank the effort of the cook here but that's not real Jollof. You don't fry rice cause u're not cooking fried rice. Jollof is Rice almost done, stew fried dry apart added to half done rice with margarine extra tomato sauce, thyme et,c added cover left to simmer on low fire, turn/check not to burn. The starting of this jollof is wrong. I'm a Lagosian where it's originated
omoibile 2 years ago
You maybe right! but I was told by a Sene/Gambian that its THEIR rice,since they too call it 'Jollof '. Personally, I prefer theirs, but Nigerian over Ghanaian any day!
Here in England, Ghanaians' often use basmati rice, which in my opinion ruins the taste and texture of Jollof rice....what do you think?
vixxy02 2 years ago 2
They call theirs Chep in their country and quite different they usually use fried fish and garden egg with theirs, ask any of them this, maybe because of Nigerians Jollof rice similar to theirs and they're the only country that eat rice morning aftenoon and night...lol.. Thats their staple food, they even eat it like fufu,Tuwo rice like Hausas... They look like them anyway.
omoibile 2 years ago
Thanks for your comment. I am not at all disappointed. It is not a competiton. We are simply trying to promote Africa's cuisines. Wollof Rice is were it all started then metamorphorse to Jollof rice, Jumbulaya, Paella, Rissoto, Pilau rice, Ploff. This is some aspects of the anthropology of Africa's cuisines.
odeigahouse 2 years ago 19
@odeigahouse well said, thanks for your wonderful recipe, I appreiciate you and others like you on youtube who are here to help others.
crownroyalchi 1 year ago
@vixxy02 being a GAMBIANS/SENEGALESE doesnt mean u can do it in the best way, it depends on ur skills in fact i never seen any one of them came forward and show us hw to do it so dnt be negative!!!
dmackntosh 1 year ago
@dmackntosh Who ever told you I'm Gambian or Senegalese?And where's the negativity in my statement? PLEASE! if it is their dish which others copied of course they will have the upper hand on cooking it! You wouldn't expect a full blooded English chef to cook Chinese food better than the Chinese would you? PLEASE If the poster of the video as well as those who KNOW don't have a problem, what makes you think I give a damn about YOUR negative comment?
vixxy02 1 year ago
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JudgeJollof 1 year ago
@vixxy02 I had a Gambian nanny and now my family have a Gambian Chef.
Ta lo so pe ireci yi nit ti Naija?
Iro,akin so be. Oruko e ni "Je wolof", "Jo' lof", sh'o bo inkon ta'n so?
A so pe o ireci yi dabi ti Gambia, a kin so pe ti Gambia ni. O "dabi" ti Gambia, sh'o bo?
To ba bo, jo dake. Ma soro mo.
O dabi ori e o pe abi were. Abi were ni e?
JudgeJollof 1 year ago
@JudgeJollof se mkpo afo ting de nkop ko!
Mme afo togho Naija mme Gambia, nsidi mubeghe mi?
Mbok mme edong fi edoho mmo, u kuehe mi mmokop!
vixxy02 1 year ago
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vixxy02 1 year ago
lol she put it on the back burner, what was the point, i think she just wanted too say back burner in context LOL
postmasterw00t 2 years ago
what type of rice did you use?
bushbutter 2 years ago
Thank you for watching. I used easy cook long grain rice. We now can supply the best rice for Jollof rice = Zamfara Rice. Check out our website.
odeigahouse 2 years ago
thax 4 this yours is really different 2 the way my mum cooks it.
mslitter2 2 years ago
how come you did not use the rest of the ingredients on the table? or is the tomato jar a combination of all of the ingredients?
nikkiajadi 2 years ago
Thank you for watching Palmwine and Plantains. I did not use all of the jar, because tha Alafia Tomato Stew has all the ingredients - it is a cooking sauce ready to use; it saves time, which is the point of this way of cooking Joloff Rice.
Remain blessed.
odeigahouse 2 years ago
thanks very much, i cook it and it comes out very well.i want to ask, my son is having birthday and i want to cook for 70people, how many kilo of rice can i use and how many grams of peas too. i will be greatfull .
bushbutter 2 years ago
needs to talk faster.............lose the watcher's interest with the speed of talking and explaining tooooo much. Thanks for the video though.
VVIIDDEEOO2006 2 years ago
yummy! it sure is mouth watery.
musu555 2 years ago
How do i get the red red look of the jollofrice.
Can i use the alafia tomato sauce and also de rica tomato.
damissy01 2 years ago
You can u any brand of tomato "paste" to get the red result...
omonije 2 years ago
Wow, I'm running to the store to go get some of that sauce, and stock.
SykotheraP 2 years ago
I just saw your video. You obviously know your onions [pun intended]. Going off to try your recipe and will repost to let u know how it went.
Philtabit49 2 years ago
nice viceo
please can you make vegetable soup
peelti 3 years ago