Concoction Rice with Mackerel fish

Working woman,student living on campus , Nigeria’s National Youth Service (NYSC) you will need to cook Concoction rice at some point or the other. This is a meal  which comes on the menu when you do not have time  to buy the right ingredients to cook Jollof rice. For some people though it is no longer emergency.

I realized also that Concoction rice  is cooked when they just want to fill “stomach space”. Don’t we all need to do this from time to time?Again the beauty about this concoction rice  is that you can get practically all ingredients in neighbourhood retailers kiosks  or you might even have these ingredients in the pantry.
I am dedicating this dish to the  guys who are just learning to cook and do not have the skill to go through complex preparation process.

With just 10 simple ingredients , simple preparation you can have a decent meal with the benefit of carbohydrate , omega 3 oil from the mackerel fish and goodness of Tomatoes and Onion and oil. Your may wish to buy Suya and serve as extra protein on the rice.Enjoy

Recipe for Concoction Rice

Ingredients
2 cups Rice
1 small tin tomato purée
2 pieces fresh Tomato( sliced, optional)
2 cooking  spoons vegetable oil
2 tins canned  Mackerel fish( in tomato sauce)
1 medium size Onion
1 teaspoon dry Pepper
1/2 teaspoon Curry powder
1 chicken tablet seasoning
1 1/2 small bottles of Water(60cl)
Salt to taste

Method
1, Wash the rice properly and set aside
2, Heat the oil and fry onion for 2 minutes
3 Add the tomato purée , dry pepper and curry powder and fry till the tangy taste of the tomato turns to sweet, stirring frequently to prevent burning
4, Drain the tomato juice from the fish and add to the pot and the chicken seasoning and cook for about 1 minute
5, Add the washed rice and cook  for about 3  minutes stirring regularly to prevent burning. Add salt to taste
6, Add the water, and lower the heat for the rice to cook slowly for about 25 – 30 minutes. Or till water dries up
7, Add the fish pieces to the rice when water is almost dry .
8, Serve your rice with banana or dodo if you have at home.