Baking this one-pot rice dish ensures evenly cooked grains ... She is a cookbook author and has been a food writer, editor and recipe developer for national food media outlets.

She told me it was Ghanaian jollof rice ... the rice and I knew we were kindred spirits, not only in our aversion to mushy rice but in our excitement for getting a recipe just right.

I didn’t plan it, but lately I’ve been on something of a rice world ... shops and African markets. You may also choose to purchase a jollof dry spice mix. Want to save this recipe?