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Ingredients
- 400 g long-grain rice
- 750 ml water
- 1 tsp salt
- 150 ml mayonnaise
- 1 garlic clove, crushed, optional
- 1 tsp mustard, optional
- Chili and pepper
- 1 tbsp lemon juice, optional
Method
- 01 Rinse the rice. Cook in salted water until absorbed (about 18 minutes). Fluff and let it cool slightly.
- 02 Mix mayonnaise, garlic, mustard, lemon, chili and pepper.
- 03 Fold the sauce into the warm rice, or plate the rice and spoon the mayo on top.
- 04 Taste and adjust salt. Serve with chicken, fish, skewers or on its own.
Loso mayonnaise is not fried rice—it is plain rice plus a cold mayo dressing, cousin to pain mayonnaise and chicken mayo. In Kinshasa it shows up as street portions and table sides alike.
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