World Jollof Day: 6 Things We Didn’t Know About Our Favorite Dish

The love of Jollof for most of us runs deep into the veins, for various reasons. Some say it’s the special taste it has at parties, some say it’s the way they smell the firewood used to prepare the dish, others are in love with the colour. Whatever the case is no one can take the love of jollof and as the World celebrates the Jollof day, here are six things you possible never knew about your favorite dish .

• The rice cuisine that is now called jollof rice is originally from the Wolof tribe that’s cuts across the Gambia and Senegal.
• The rice cuisine is originally a fish-based recipe. But now, its normal to find jollof rice as chicken garnished.
• The Wolof rice which is now called jollof rice is not a morning meal. It’s an evening meal.
• The major ingredients for the meal are the tomato sauce. It gives rice to its redness.
• Many of us don’t know that palm oil and tea-bush leaves are also part of the ingredients used for the preparation of jollof rice.
• There is a dance that is done in honour of the cuisine.