Baked jollof rice - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 400g basmati rice
• 3 red peppers, halved and deseeded
• 1 white onion, halved
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 tbsp grated ginger, or ginger purée
• 1 Scotch bonnet chilli, deseeded if you prefer less heat (optional)
• 5 tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil
• 100g tomato purée
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tbsp dried thyme
• 2tsp curry powder (we used hot madras)
• ½ tsp ground white pepper
• 600ml hot chicken stock, made with 2 stock cubes