Hilda Baci complete challenge to make world biggest pot of jollof rice
Nigerian chef and former Guinness World Record holder Hilda Baci has attempted to make the world’s largest pot of jollof rice, a popular West African dish.
Thousands of people gathered in Lagos to watch the food influencer’s latest world record bid, after once holding the 2023 title for the longest cooking marathon – an exhausting 93 hours and 11 minutes, or nearly four days.
Her gigantic jollof recipe included 4,000kg (8,800lb) of rice, 500 cartons of tomato paste and 600kg of onions – all poured into a custom-made pot that can hold 23,000 litres.
The dish took several hours to cook and evidence of the feat must now be validated by the Guinness World Records organisation.
Baci, 28, told BBC Pidgin that it took her a year to plan how she would tackle the mammoth challenge.
“We are the giant of Africa, and jollof is a food that everybody knows Africans for,” she said.
“It would make sense if we had the biggest pot of jollof rice, it would be nice for the country.”
Manufacturing the giant steel vessel to hold her dish took a culinary team of 300 people two months to make.
Working with a group of assistants wielding massive wooden spatulas, Baci’s crowning dish was later distributed for onlookers to enjoy.
Jollof rice is a staple of Nigerian cuisine, featuring rice simmered in a tomato sauce, often paired with meat or seafood.
Baci won a competition for her version of jollof rice in 2021, and then became a national sensation in 2023 when she claimed the cooking marathon record.
Hilda Baci says in Pidgin
“e take about one year to come up wit ideas and plan how di cooking go take waka.
She say to produce di pot alone take two months.
“E take us two months to make di pot wey we go use cook di biggest pot of jollof for di world and na locally made.”
She reveal say di giant custom-made pot get capacity of 22,619 litres. Hilda Baci add say plenty pipo come togeda to create dis magic. “Di culinary team pass 300.”
Hilda Baci give estimate of di ingredients she bin use cook di jollof rice as:
4,000 kg of rice – 200 bags of rice
Ova 1200kg of tomato paste – 500 cartons of tomato pastes
Lots of seasoning cubes
600kg of onions
6000kg of water
168kg of goat meat
700kg of oil
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