Learn How to Make the perfect Jollof Spaghetti

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Jollof spaghetti is one easy meal to make. I love it to bits and it always pops into my head whenever I don’t want to spend long hours in the kitchen.

Now you can learn how to make the perfect Jollof spaghetti.

• In a pot of boiling water, place your spaghetti, add some salt and a tablespoon of vegetable oil. I usually don’t like to break my spaghetti. Boil for 5 minutes, pour in a sieve and drain then set aside.

• Blend your tomato, ata rodo, green chilli (this green chilli gives a very unique taste) tatashe and 1 bulb of onion. Blend smooth.

• Heat up your pan (I like to use a big wok instead), add a bit of vegetable oil, allow that to heat up.

• Add sliced onions to the oil, add some curry, when the onion is a bit soft, add the sliced green pepper. Let it fry for about a  minute. Every where should be tasonsoning by now (nice aroma)

• Add your blended tomato mixture, add a bit of salt and some maggi, add thyme and allow to fry for like 10  minutes. You will know the stew is cooked once the oil starts floating.

• Add mixed vegetables and allow to cook for 2 minutes. Mixed vegetables includes sweet corn, green beans, peas, carrots.

• Add your spaghetti to the mixture, I like to add mine bit by bit because sometimes the spaghetti will be more than the stew and you don’t want that. Any left over spaghetti is used another day.

• After combining mixture, add your chicken stock. Your chicken stock should be thick so that just a bit goes a long way (when I boil chicken I don’t add water, so the stock is always concentrated and thick). mix together and let it stay for 2 minutes (cover the pot).

• Slice some more green pepper and add to the spaghetti, let it simmer. This green pepper is what give it an extra delicious aroma and flavour.