Jollof Competition among Nations.

Ghana Jollof or Nigerian Jollof, which is better?

Nigeria and Ghana are West African sisters that often disagree on a lot of things. From who have the best music artistes, the best movies to the most effective government, and even economy. One disagreement that has stayed recurring and has been echoed around the world though is on who cooks the better Jollof. We can’t give our opinion without first taking you through the differences in the Ghanian recipe for Jollof.

                                            

Source: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article

The differences between Ghana and Nigerian Jollof lie first in the kind of rice used.

While the Ghanaians prefer basmati rice as the base for their Jollof rice, the Nigerians prefer long grain rice. Which significantly impacts the taste, as long grain rice usually absorbs the taste better, while basmati rice gives its own unique flavour to the dish.  For others, the difference lie in the tomato composition of the rice (Ghanaians do love their tomatoes), other spices and ingredients that eventually make up the taste of the rice, to even the seasoning cubes.

Ghanaians are also known to rarely have the smoky version of Jollof rice, while the Nigerians define smoky Jollof as the ‘proper’ Jollof. The burnt part of the rice is an important seasoning component, and don’t get us started on the smoke, we dedicated a whole blog story to talk about it. You can read that here www.https://jollyjollof.blogspot.com/
 

For other processes and methods, it just differs from person to person, and the final dish can be adjudged to be almost the same.

Before the feudal sides come for us, we are not saying it tastes the same, but as for which is better than the other, we resign by saying it lies in personal preference and is not a function of country.

We would love you to come and have a taste of Ghana Jollof and Nigerian Jollof for your own comparisons at Jolly Jollof when we open. We’d probably play a game where we serve you both dishes and you tell us which you think is better before you know which one is in each plate. Let your taste buds settle the fight.

We’d love to know what you think in the comments. Which do you prefer without sentiments.

JOLLY JOLLOF .

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