{"id":279520,"date":"2025-09-18T21:05:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/which-jollof-rice-is-the-best-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T21:05:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:05:54","slug":"which-jollof-rice-is-the-best-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/which-jollof-rice-is-the-best-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Jollof rice is the best? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/x8P3tZV9Mvk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Which Jollof rice is the best? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x8P3tZV9Mvk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Last week, Nigerian chef Hilda Baci broke the world record for cooking the largest pot of jollof rice ever recorded, weighing in at 8,780 kilograms, which went to feed the thousands of onlookers at the World Jollof Festival in Lagos.<br \/>\nThe spicy rice-based dish is one of the jewels of West African cuisine and a point of national pride for at least two countries: Nigeria and Ghana. 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