Guinness World Record holder, Hilda Baci, has revealed that she will be using 250 bags of rice in her attempt to cook what could become the world’s biggest pot of jollof rice.
Baci, who shot to global fame after setting the record for the longest cooking marathon in 2023, shared details of her ambitious new project in a video posted on Instagram on Monday.
She explained that the specially designed giant pot has a volume of 22,619 litres, with a target of filling it up to at least 75 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.
While the full calculation translates to 264 bags of rice, Baci revealed she had made a strategic adjustment: “I am making the executive decision to do 250 bags.”
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 explained.
Baci further revealed that the tomato base would be shared evenly across tomato paste, pepper chicken paste, and jollof paste to ensure what she described as “the most delicious, largest pot of Nigerian jollof rice you have ever tasted.”
