BEST West African Food! ORIGINAL JOLLOF RICE in Senegal, Africa! (Don t Miss It)

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Welcome to Saint Louis, a cultural capital city in northern Senegal, on the bank of the Senegal River, Atlantic Ocean, and near the border of Mauritania. Saint Louis happens to be the homeland, where you will find the original Jollof Rice, known locally as Thieboudienne. Today we have the privilege to see the full process of making jollof rice, one of West Africa s best foods! I have great memories of when I was growing up and I had many friends from West Africa. Occasionally they would come to school with homemade jollof rice - and I remember my first taste which was love at first bite. Something about the spices, tomato rice, and tender meat or fish, garlic and chilies, all combined to make one of the most comforting foods known. You will find versions of jollof rice throughout West Africa and all of Africa, but Senegal, and specifically Saint Louis is the birthplace of jollof rice and where you ll find the original version. Throughout West Africa you ll find jollof rice cooked with a variety of meats, but in Senegal it s most common with fish. We were invited to a local family home and they cooked the entire process of jollof rice (thieboudienne) from start to finish. It s an incredibly complicated dish with dozens of ingredients, herbs, and seasoning. I loved all the different vegetables like the bitter eggplants and the hibiscus leaves and tamarind. Once all the vegetables and fish are cooked in the tomato paste, they are taken out and the rice is cooked within the liquid. Additionally she made an amazing sauce of onions and carrots and tomato sauce and chilies. Once all the ingredients were ready, the jollof rice are assembled on communal eating platters with rice on the bottom, all the vegetables and fish on top, and extra onion sauce sprinkled on top.
Date: 2022-09-24

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Comments and reviews: 14

ndh
Yesterday me and my husband ate at a fancy restaurant near us and I have never had such good food. Not in a long long time anyway. I felt like Mark in my mind oh wow, mmmm it s all I could say hahaha. Nothing makes me feel better than taking a bite of food that is so good it can change your life Keep eating good food everyone! And try many new things. They re great!
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Chityala
Mark is an unique person
He always love, Respect all cultures and traditions where ever he go.
The way he showing and telling
It's teach us many things, as humans we must Respect and love others cultures, traditions
We can learn many things from him
We must appreciate his family always supporting, understand stand with him
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Fifi
Mark go to sandaga market a place name bant yii, there you can eat wonderful delicious special(skeawers)dibi meat with the kankan powder)from the haussa when i go to Dakar from the AirPort i use to go buy that meat before going to the hotel
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Abbey
I'm Ghanaian and will be cooking Jollof this way from today, it makes sense instead of using fresh tomato I will only use tomato puree, add green onions sweet pepper and more red onions. Thanks for sharing this video.
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F4lcrum
Please Mark go deeper into the country stays as long as possible there s a lot more to discover, thanks for the argument senegal definitely won the Authenticity of the jolof rice battle in west Africa.
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Youtubist
The creator of Jollof rice is a woman her name is lady Penda Mbaye. She is almost never mentioned but she is a figure in African gastronomy as her invention spreads out everywhere in Africa
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StayHumble777
I've eaten this a few times and let me tell you it is my favorite thing to eat by far when I go to Africa. I requested this meal as my last meal 3 weeks ago before leaving Africa
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Amethyst
So glad to be here so early! I just made some Pakastan food last night and so many foods from Senegal Ive been seeing that I want to make! Its like African Paella! Mouth watering!
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mikey
To all the African restaurants in England and the USA there is no way your making jollof rice like this for sure. your eating something that resembles this, she made tge real deal.
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KC
Mark, I don't believe where you take us that I know I will never physically be. But, experiencing the vivacious food and people that occupy this beautiful land is amazing. Thank You!
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Kwame
Never seen jollof made with so much love and variety. Wow. There's reason why they are said to be the best jollof. From tamarind to hibiscus. wow. (a Ghanaian speaking.
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Frannie
I the way he describes and respects other cultures and foods and how he brings his family so they absorb different cultures. It s an amazing experience for his son.
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Richest
Thank mark wiens for showing the world this video jollof rice something i have been eating sinxe i was born and my mum is a wollof the noblest tribe
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Django
Much prefer the influencers like you rather than the ones who just post half naked pics wherever they go. They re parasites compared to you Mark!
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