Pilaou

Spiced rice with meat, cloves and cardamom.

Ingredients

• 3 cups Basmati rice
• 800 g Beef
• 3 Onions
• 6 Cloves
• 6 Cardamom pods
• 2 Cinnamon stick
• 5 cloves Garlic
• 2 tbsp Ginger
• 2 Tomatoes
• ½ cup Oil
• 2 tsp Salt
• 5 cups Water

Method

1. Brown the onions — Fry the sliced onions until very dark — this colours the whole dish.
2. Add the spices — Add the whole spices, garlic and ginger and cook 2 minutes.
3. Brown the meat — Add the beef and sear, then the tomato, and cook 10 minutes.
4. Simmer — Add water and cook 45 minutes until tender.
5. Add the rice — Stir in the soaked rice, cover, and steam 20 minutes on low.
6. Pilaou is ready — Rest 10 minutes and serve.

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