All in one contest WK2: Food challenge || Cooking low budget jollof rice

Good day my esteem parents and kids in the house, it's another beautiful day for us to participate in this awesome contest organized by @steemkidds community.

I'll be feeding your eyes with my cooking, try and stay put till I finish up with everything, thank you.

Before I start with my cooking proper, I will list down the ingredients before I commence on it.

Some of the prepared ingredients

• Rice

• Onions

• Vegetable oil

• Maggi

• Spices

• Fresh Pepper

• Salt

• Crayfish

• Sachet tomatoes

• Ice fish

To start cooking the jollof rice, I added raw rice to a cooking pot, covered it with water, and placed it on the cooker to boil for 10-15 minutes. Once boiled, I removed it from the heat, rinsed it using a sieve to remove excess starch, and set it aside.

Parboiled rice

Next, I placed the empty pot back on the cooker and let the remaining water to dry up. Then, I added vegetable oil and heated it for 2-3 minutes. After the oil was hot, I added the sliced onions and fried them for 1 minute.

I then poured in the sachet tomatoes and fried them until they reached a dry stage. Once the tomatoes were dry, I added salt, pepper, maggie, crayfish, and spices to the pot. I allowed the mixture to simmer for a few minutes, allowing the flavors to meld together.

After adding the necessary ingredients, I poured in the desired quantity of water and brought the mixture to a boil. I let it boil for 2 minutes before adding the parboiled rice to the pot. I stirred everything together thoroughly, ensuring the rice was well mixed.

I added a bit more water and also my steam fish so that it will not be scatter, then covered the pot and let it cook for 30 minutes, allowing the flavors to mixed together and the rice to cook well.

Putting the fish

After 30 minutes, I checked on the rice and found that the water had been fully dried up and the food was cooked well. My delicious jollof rice was finally ready, I served myself a plenty portion and enjoyed my meal to my satisfaction.

Pot of jollof rice

Delicious jollof rice