8. For your rice not to stick together or become soggy, use less water, reduce the heat/flame to the lowest, cover it with aluminum foil and allow it steam. You can also prepare it like this and bake it in the oven. Steam is what is needed to cook a perfect rice.
9. If you want your rice to have great taste and flavour, make sure you fry all your spices, herbs and seasonings perfectly, before using it to cook the rice.
10. Curry powder, thyme, bay leaf, chicken stock and jollof rice spice mix are the secret ingredients of cooking a perfect mouthwatering jollof rice or fried rice.
11. It is best to study your rice as to know the level of water you should add, inorder to avoid soggy rice at the end.
12. When cooking your rice, the timing for adding each Ingredient is very important for a perfect rice.
13. When cooking, once you have added the rice, make sure you don’t turn the rice too much like you are making Amala, so as to allow it to cook perfectly.
14. If your rice is burnt, you can place a slice of bread on it, the burnt smell will go off. Please, after adding the bread slice, place the pot lid/cover on and leave to cook for about 5 minutes to absorb all that burnt smell, then you will see the magic.
15. Do not use too much water to cook your jollof rice, as steam is really what is needed to cook a perfect jollof rice.
16. Chicken or turkey stock is the best stock to prepare a delicious rice, because of their massive taste. It is best to use more chicken stock than water or an equal ratio to cook your rice for a perfect taste.
