Nigerian chef and former Guinness World Report holder, Hilda Baci, has tried to make the world’s largest pot of jollof rice, a preferred West African dish.
1000’s of individuals gathered in Lagos to observe the meals influencer’s newest world report bid, after as soon as holding the 2023 title for the longest cooking marathon – an exhausting 93 hours and 11 minutes – almost 4 days.
Her gigantic jollof rice recipe included 4,000kg (8,800 lb) of rice, 500 cartons of tomato paste and 600kg of onions – all poured right into a custom-made pot of virtually 23,000 litres.
The dish took a number of hours to cook dinner and now have to be validated by the Guinness World Report with photograph and video proof of the achievement.
Baci, 28, advised BBC Pidgin that it took her one 12 months to plan how she would deal with the mammoth problem.
“We’re the enormous of Africa, and jollof is a meals that everyone is aware of Africans for,” she mentioned.
“It will make sense if we had the most important pot of jollof rice, it might be good for the nation.”
Manufacturing the enormous metal vessel to carry her dish took a culinary group of 300 folks two months to make.
Working with a bunch of assistants wielding huge wood spatulas, Baci’s crowning dish was later distributed for everybody to take pleasure in.
Jollof rice is a staple of Nigerian delicacies, that includes rice simmered in a tomato primarily based sauce, usually paired with meat or seafood.
Hilda Baci received a contest for her model of jollof rice in 2021, after which grew to become a nationwide sensation in 2023 when she claimed the cooking marathon report.
