Jollof rice from Pimp My Rice: Over 100 inspirational rice recipes from around the world by Nisha Ka

Ingredients

• 400 g/14 oz can chopped tomatoes
• 2 1/2 cm/1 in piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and grated
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp sunflower oil
• 1 tbsp tomato purée/paste
• 1 tbsp thyme leaves or 1 tsp dried thyme
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 heaped tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp soft brown sugar
• 2 tbsp dried shrimp
• 1 large red pepper, deseeded and diced
• ½ Scotch bonnet, deseeded (optional)
• salt
• freshly snipped chives
• 350 g/12 oz/scant 2 cups white basmati rice, rinsed and drained
• 750 ml/26 fl oz/generous 3 cups chicken stock
• ½ tsp sweet smoked paprika