Jollof Rice - The Peanut Institute

Ingredients

• 1 pound of tomatoes, chopped, or 1 (14.5-ounce) can no-salt-added diced tomatoes
• 3 large of red bell pepper, (1 pound), deseeded and chopped
• 1 Scotch Bonnet pepper, stem removed
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 2 tsp of ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
• 3 large of onions, (1 pound), diced medium, divided
• 2 tbsp of olive oil
• 1 tsp of curry powder
• 2 tsp of smoked paprika
• 2 tsp of dried thyme, or 2 sprigs fresh
• 2 tbsp of tomato paste, no-salt-added
• 2 cups of low sodium vegetable broth
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 cups of basmati or long grain rice, rinsed