Ofada Rice Jollof with Vegetable Sauce. Ofada rice and stew is one of those delicious native savory dishes that packs a major punch as it is flavored with smoked died shrimp, and In this recipe, I share how to make Ofada stew, a stew that originates from Western Nigeria and is commonly eaten with a locally grown rice called ofada rice. The video will be showing you how to cook Ofada Jollof Rice. Jollof rice is a must have party food in most african events.
I must confess that the demand Ofada stew (sauce) is made with a combination of green peppers and red peppers, then assorted meat, hard-boiled eggs, and palm oil.
Ofada rice is a name for heritage varieties of rice grown in south-west Nigeria.
It is used in a variety of dishes.
You can have Ofada Rice Jollof with Vegetable Sauce using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Ofada Rice Jollof with Vegetable Sauce
- It's 1 cup of ofada rice.
- You need 3 tbsp of vegetable oil.
- You need 2 tbsp of Tomato paste.
- You need 1 tbs of crayfish blended.
- Prepare 4 of Pepper diced.
- You need to taste of Salt.
- Prepare 1/2 of bulb Onions diced.
- Prepare 2 of stock cube.
Ofada rices are mostly blends, and some of the rice varieties in the blends are not indigenous to Africa; however, they usually also contain African rice. Ofada Rice and sauce is a Nigerian favourite. Jollof Spaghetti or Spaghetti Jollof is a quick meal, that got it's name from the popular Nigerian Jollof Rice. Jollof Spaghetti is quite easy to prepare and can be made with or without vegetables.
Ofada Rice Jollof with Vegetable Sauce step by step
- Parboil the rice allow to cook till it almost tender. Then pour out and wash thoroughly with clean water then set aside in a sieve to drain.
- Bring out an empty pot and then add sliced onions to the hot oil, add tomatoes paste/pepper after about a minute..
- So divide the tomatoes and commence cooking with one of the halves in the pot, add the beef/chicken stock if you have any and if not add a little water about 1 or 2 cups of water. add the ground crayfish, stock cube add salt to taste. Stir..
- Spice to your taste with your desired flavors and spices, then add the rice, lower the heat and cover to cook. You can add the other half of the fried tomatoes after cooking for ten to fifteen minutes, also slice onions and spray at the top..
- Then just cook till the rice is soft for consumption, Remember that you can add water occasionally. once rice is tender and water has dried out, turn off heat and serve with vegetable and fish like I did..
In the recipe below, I'll show you how I prepare mine with common vegetables. Ofada rice sauce is like the soups our grand parents used to make in the village, where the pepper is ground by hand and palm oil is used. I tried one called Obe ata dindin, and it was. Ofada rice is a locally produced brown rice which comes with a unique aroma and flavour. Once the bleaching is done, the palm oil would look more like vegetable oil.
