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Nigeria

رز جولاف

طبق أرز من غرب أفريقيا يُطهى في قدر واحد، ويتكون من أرز طويل الحبة يُطهى في صلصة الطماطم والفلفل الأحمر مع البصل والثوم والزنجبيل والزعتر ومكونات بروتينية متنوعة.

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Origin

Nigeria

Variants

Journey

Key beats in the story of رز جولاف — places, approximate dates, and how confident we are in each claim.

Senegambia (Wolof)c. 1800likely
Wolof thieboudienne / thieb — one-pot rice with tomato and fish or meat — is widely cited as an ancestor of jollof.
Wikipedia. (2024). Jollof rice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jollof_rice
West Africac. 1950documented
Regional jollof styles diverge across Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, and neighbours — the friendly “jollof wars.”
Wikipedia. (2024). Jollof rice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jollof_rice
Diasporac. 1990likely
West African communities abroad make jollof a party and restaurant staple from London to New York.

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Part of the Rice as Carrier lineage.

Preparation

1 METHOD

Rice bowl

No detailed steps recorded yet.

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Sources

Claim: A West African one-pot rice dish of long-grain rice simmered in a tomato-and-red-pepper sauce with onions, garlic, ginger, thyme, and assorted proteins.
Wikipedia. (2026). Jollof Rice. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jollof_rice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jollof_ricesecondary