Smoky spiced Jollof rice & coconut-fried plantain recipe | Good Food

Ingredients

• 400g basmati rice
• 400g can plum tomatoes
• 1 red pepper
• 1 red onion halved
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 scotch bonnet chilli (deseeded if you don't like it too hot)
• 4 tbsp vegetable oil or sunflower oil
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 thyme sprig
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp ground black pepper
• 60g tomato purée
• 4 tbsp coconut oil
• 2 plantains peeled and sliced into 1cm rounds