Oh you poor thing....you had the guts to try Jolof Rice as a cook...
I admire your courage. I for one, make badass biriyani from time to time ( well u know not all the time if you make biriyani- its one dish u also fuckup from time to time) and i wont try to make Jolof Rice even if u put a gun to my head. I will just pay money to a Nigerian lady and consider it money well spent.
Because one time i actually stuck around the kitchen to see what the nigerian lady did to make Jolof Rice. OMG. and when all said and done, she made a GREAT mouth-watering dish and still 'rued' the fact that it didnt come out perfect, becaue if it comes out perfect, ur rice cooks and the bottom layer rice also gets fried a bit, so you get the 'biriyani fried chawal' bits at the end and hers didnt have it - mind you, they dont add any water/oil after they add rice, its ALL based off off how exactly thick your sauce ended up as and how much oil u started with when u started first sauteeing the veggies that became sauce....
At that point i decided 'Jolof Rice is something GaudaNaresh never makes, but always buys, despite GaudaNaresh taking pride in himself for being a competent cook'.