Vegetarian Native Jollof - Eat with Afia

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup red palm oil
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 2 tsp iru/dawa dawa powder (or 1 tbsp dry dawa dawa — you might have to soak it first to rehydrate it)
• 1 scotch bonnet pepper (or habanero works too)
• 1 1/2 red bell pepper
• 1 tomato
• 2 tsp garlic powder
• 2 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp cameroon pepper (can also use cayenne pepper)
• 2 tsp nori mix (please see my shito recipe to learn how I make this mix)
• 1 cup of dried mushrooms soaked in water (any dried mushroom works )
• 1 vegetable bouillon (I used the Go Bio Organic Mushroom Bouillon Cube )
• 1 can of young jackfruit
• 2 tsp dry scent leaf (can sub with 1.5 tsp of oregano or use 1/4 cup of fresh scent leaf)
• 1 pack of sunrise soya smoked tofu (can use any tofu of choice)
• 2 cups of long grain rice washed
• 2.5 cups of water or vegetable broth