Today we learn how to prepare beef pilau.
The ingredients ;
- 250 g beef
- 400 g pishori rice, washed and soaked for 15 minutes
- 2 onions chopped
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 coriander powder
- 1/2 cumin powder
- Vegetable cooking oil
- 1/2 tsp garlic paste
- Chopped coriander
- 3 tomatoes
- Whole spices
- 1 TBS cumin
- 1/2 tsp whole pepper
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 cloves 2 cardamom
The procedure to follow;
- Cut the meat into pieces and wash, then boil with some water, 1 tsp each of ginger and garlic paste, 1 tsp of salt, tsp of black pepper, 1 grated tomato and 1 grated onion.
- When the meat is tender, drain it and set aside. Keep the soup for cooking rice.
- Heat the sufuria on a medium heat and add the oil. Then add the whole spices that is cumin, cardamom, Pepper, cinnamon and cloves. Once they splutter in the oil, add chopped onions.
- Fry them until translucent while stirring them with a spoon. If you want darker pilau, fry the onions until they are dark and caramelised. Then add turmeric and coriander powder. Let them fry to a few minutes then add the garlic paste and a bit of chopped coriander.
- Now you can add the boiled meat the stir together for 2 minutes. Then add soup and some salt. Let the soup simmer and taste for the salt. Make sure you put enough salt because of the rice.
- When the soup starts boiling, drain the rice and add rice to the soup. Sprinkle a bit of coriander on it and stir a little. Let it cook on a high heat for 3 minutes then reduce to a medium heat and keep cooking while covered until the water finishes.
- Make sure you stir every now and then to make sure all the rice is cooked evenly and perfectly. Then you can reduce the heat to a very low heat and leave it to continue steaming for 5 minutes. Switch off the heat and serve with Kachumbari.
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