Guinness World Record holder, Hilda Baci, has revealed plans to cook the world’s biggest pot of jollof rice, stating that the feat will require 250 bags of rice.
Baci, who earned global recognition in 2023 for the longest cooking marathon, shared the update in a video shared via her Instagram account on Monday, giving fans a glimpse into the massive scale of the project that has already stirred widespread curiosity.
She explained that the giant pot designed for the feat has a volume of 22,619 litres, adding that her target was to fill it up to 80 per cent.
“My goal is to fill this pot up by at least 75 to 80 per cent.
“That means I will need about 5,278 kilogrammes of raw basmati rice to achieve the yield,” she said.
According to her, the calculation translates to 264 bags of rice, but she had made a strategic adjustment.
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“I am making the executive decision to do 250 bags,” Baci stated.
On condiments, she disclosed that the cooking would require 1,583 kilogrammes of tomato paste.
“For one kg of rice, you would need between 0.20 to 0.35, but because it’s Nigerian jollof, I’m going to use 0.30.
“That means I will need 1,583 kilogrammes of Gino tomato paste,” she said.
Baci added that the tomato base would be shared evenly across tomato paste, pepper chicken paste and jollof paste to make the “most delicious, largest pot of Nigerian jollof rice you have ever tasted.”