Hilda Baci is set to cook 250 bags of rice for the world’s biggest jollof pot bid.
Glamtush reports that Guinness World Record holder Hilda Baci has revealed that she will use 250 bags of basmati rice in her bid to cook what would become the world’s largest pot of jollof rice.
Baci, who set the global record for the longest cooking marathon by individual in 2023, shared the details in a video uploaded on Instagram on Monday, while analysing the scale of the project, which has generated 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 to 80 percent.
“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.
“I am making the executive decision to cook 250 bags of basmati rice. The pot is 6 meters wide by 6 meters wide, 1.1 meters tall, and about 1.3 meters deep. I’m sure the pot is not going to sink,” Baci stated.
The event, which is set for September 12, aims to feed 10,000 people.
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.”
