Nigerian Tomato Rice
Nigerian Tomato rice is a simple one-pot dish, quick and easy to make. It is made with leftover rice.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 small onion
- ½ teaspoon minced ginger
- ½ teaspoon minced garlic
- ¼ teaspoon paprika or dry pepper
- ½ teaspoon tumeric (gangamau)
- ½ tablespoon yaji suya spice**
- 1 scotch bonnet (fresh pepper)
- 2 large tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 small green bell pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon sugar (optional)
- 2 cups cooked rice
- ¼ cup fresh peas
Instructions
- Dice onion, tomatoes and green pepper into 1-inch cubes. Mince scotch bonnet and set aside.
- Mix tomato paste with 2 tablespoons of water set aside.
- In a saucepan or frying pan, add vegetable oil and place over medium-low heat. When hot, add onions, fry until soft.
- Add ginger and garlic stir until aromatic.
- Stir in the dry spices, turmeric, paprika or dry chilli pepper and yaji.
- Add diced tomato and pour in tomato paste mix, stir well. Add green pepper and peas, stir and cover.
- Leave to simmer until peas are cooked through and tomatoes are broken down 2-3 minutes.
- Pour in the rice and sprinkle in 2 tablespoons water, stir and cover.
- Simmer until dry.
Notes
- **If you don't have yaji, use whatever special spice mix you have, Cajun, Chinese 5 spice, etc.
- You can add thinly sliced scent leaf (nchuanwu).
- You can replace fresh garlic and ginger with powdered for convenience.
