Benachin
Benachin or Joloffreis, Jollofreis ( English Jollof Rice) is a rice dish that is very common in the West African Gambia and Senegal and under its English name also in Ghana , Sierra Leone and Nigeria . The recipe differs from that for Omo Tuwe, which is common in Ghana .
Names
Bena-chin in the Wolof language literally means one-pot. Another name for Benachin is Jollof Rice ; Jollof (another spelling for Wolof ) suggests that it is a national dish of the Wolof, who settle in Gambia and Senegal. But other ethnic groups also like to prepare this dish just as often. By adding tomato paste , the rice is colored red, which explains the name variant red rice .
The court
In addition to rice and tomato paste, benachin usually contains cassave, which is the name commonly used in West Africa for cassava and sweet potatoes (batata). Fish also belongs in it. The sweet potatoes make the taste slightly sweet, but it is dominated by the sharpness . All participants of the meal usually eat together from a pot or from a plate, traditionally with the right hand, since the left hand is considered unclean in Muslim Senegal .
Web links
- www.africanculture.dk: Benachin ( Memento of January 6, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), three recipes