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Iresi Eyin (Yoruba Palm Oil Native Rice)

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Iresi eyin is one of the Yoruba versions of a palm oil rice dish also called palm oil rice/native Jollof rice. It is more accurately described as a palm oil rice. It is different from Yoruba jollof/Yoruba Party Jollof/ Nigerian jollof, which is more popular. It is very nutritious and easy to prepare—all that is required is to mix the ingredients together in a pot.

Yield 4

Ingredients

  • 3 milk cups of rice
  • 2 cooking spoons palm oil
  • 2 tbsp locust beans
  • 2 tbsp dried ground crayfish
  • Dried catfish, or any other dried fish, soaked in hot salted water until soft, then shredded
  • Pepper powder, to taste
  • Chopped onion, to taste
  • Salt, to taste
  • 1 sachet (50 g) tomato paste
  • Carrots, washed and chopped, to taste
  • Peas, washed and parboiled if necessary, to taste

Instructions

  1. 1
    Wash the rice and parboil for about 8 minutes. Drain and set aside.
  2. 2
    Heat the palm oil in a large, clean pot until the oil changes color.
  3. 3
    Add the locust beans, onions, tomato paste, dry pepper, and a little water. Fry until the odour of the sauce changes and becomes more fragrant.
  4. 4
    Simmer over medium heat for about 25 minutes until the liquid is absorbed and everything is cooked.

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Iresi_Eyin_(Yoruba_Palm_Oil_Native_Rice)