I was eating the rice yesterday and it just came to me that I didnt know what Jollof meant.

Please who knows the meaning?

I have no idea what it means but I'm gonna make an (un)informed guess and say it originated from the Wollof language which is spoken in the Gambia. I remember eating Jollof when I was there like 10 years ago.

so it was Wollof rice?

then we converted it to Jollof

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jollof_rice
"Jollof" is apparently a language?

mmm

i see. i see

jolof is an ancient kingdom. it used to be where senegal is now.
Seun, wolof is the language

Jollof rice also called Benachin meaning one pot in d Jollof {Wolof} language. Wolof is a language spoken in Gambia, Senegal and Mauritania.

Jollof Rice is mainly cooked by Ghanaians and Nigerians, the dish originated from Gambia and Senegal.



_{source: wikipedia}

mohaw



whatz the difference?

What they wrote in that Wikipaedia entry is wrong. The language is Wollof not Jollof. So I guess, my guess, was right after all.

You're right. The link goes to this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolof_language

All this talk of jollof, wollof and rice is making me hungry. _{going to raid the fridge}

"Jollof" rice
or
"Jo love" rice

here is a pic of a version of the senegalese "jollof rice"
its yummy!

it looks like the type i made last week

no one cooks jollof rice like my mum

mama, i hail ooo

MC
you make  ar memba me grannie hin Jollof
you are wicked
the colour shows how sweet it is na my grannie talk am oh


I have gotten used to cooking it the Gambian way, whenever I try to do it the salone way, i end up doing it the Gambian way.

My aunt sometimes cooks the salone way

MC

that looks really tasty

yum yum

nor tell me ush o

maybe  me auntie go cook am soon . make ar begin ring am na hin yess sef

she must cook it soon

the pics are just fine

AAh

MC i aint finding this funny o

LOL

jollof rice is a nigerian dish with its origins coming from the wollof people of senegal

It should be called follof rice.

:d

pretty cy:

:d

I am sure that is gahana made

Good question.
maybe the first person to make it is called "jollof"