How to Prepare Delicious Ofada rice and sauce

Ofada rice and sauce. Ofada Rice and sauce is a Nigerian favourite. The combination of meats and peppers adds complex flavours that keeps everyone wanting more. The best part about this ofada rice recipe is that is easy to prepare and will have you enjoying the meal in no time at all.

Ofada rice is a name for heritage varieties of rice grown in south-west Nigeria. It is used in a variety of dishes. Ofada rices are mostly blends, and some of the rice varieties in the blends are not indigenous to Africa; however, they usually also contain African rice. You can cook Ofada rice and sauce using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Ofada rice and sauce

1. It's 16 cups of ofada rice.
2. It's 3 cups of palm oil.
3. You need 2 cups of green pepper.
4. You need 7 cups of red bell pepper.
5. Prepare 1 cup of pepper.
6. You need 1.5 kg of Goat meat.
7. You need 1/2 cup of crayfish.
8. Prepare 10 of seasoning cubes.
9. Prepare 1/2 cup of iru(locust bean).
10. Prepare of Salt.
11. It's of Ginger and garlic.
12. You need of Curry and thyme.
13. You need of All purpose seasoning.
14. It's of Onions.
15. You need of Water.

Ofada sauce is stew for ofada rice. I must confess that the demand for this recipe in the last few months is over the roof. So many people wanted to learn how to make ofada sauce/stew. This recipe plus the video at the bottom of this page shows you exactly how to make.

Ofada rice and sauce instructions

1. Properly wash the meat, spice and cook. Grind the all the pepper together with onions, pour in a pot and boil to dry into paste and set aside..
2. When meat is cooked, cut into small pieces and set aside. Grind the crayfish and set aside..
3. Put pot on fire, add the palm oil and allow to bleach. Cut onions. Add the onions to the bleached oil and fry till it turns slightly brown. Add the pepper paste and fry on moderately low heat. Fry till the paste start separating from the oil..
4. Add the crayfish, iru,seasoning cubes,garlic,ginger,curry,thyme and stir. Add the meat together with the meat stock. Taste for salt and adjust if necessary. Allow to boil for 5-10mins..
5. Drop the sauce. Put another put on fire with water. When it's boiling wash the rice and pour in to parboil. This will take roughly 7mins..
6. Bring down the rice and wash while another water is on fire. Add salt to the water on fire. When boiling pour the washed rice to cook..
7. Check if the water is dried. Drop if no water. Meal is ready..
8. Serve the dinner..

Ofada rice and sauce is our traditional food in Nigeria, Ogun state to be precise It is usually eaten with this delicious sauce. Ofada rice, green pepper, tatashe, tarugu, shobo, onions, locust beans, boiled eggs, palm oil, crayfish, cubes seasoning, meat, pomo, stock fish, offal. To cook our ofada rice but your pot on fire with water. Pick your rice for any dirty particles wash and add to the boiling water on fire. Ofada rice is a popular Nigerian rice variety.