Cookbook:East African Beef Pilaf
Appearance
East African Beef Pilaf | |
---|---|
Category | Rice recipes |
Difficulty |
Cookbook | Recipes | Ingredients | Equipment | Techniques | Cookbook Disambiguation Pages | Recipes
This beef pilaf is a fragrant East African rice dish made by cooking the rice with meat or vegetables, ginger, garlic, and spices. It is usually served with kachumbari, which is a mixture of tomatoes, onions, and lettuce.
Ingredients
[edit | edit source]- 250 g beef, cubed and rinsed
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 tomato, grated
- 1 onion, grated
- Vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp cumin powder
- 2 pods cardamom, seeds removed
- 1½ tsp whole powdered pepper
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- Cloves
- 2 onions, finely chopped
- 1½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1½ tsp coriander powder
- ½ tsp garlic paste
- Chopped fresh coriander
- Salt
- 400 g rice, washed and soaked for 10 minutes
Procedure
[edit | edit source]- Place beef in a pot with water, ginger-garlic paste, salt, grated tomato, and grated onion. Bring to a boil, and cook until the meat is tender.
- Remove the meat and set aside. Save the resulting broth for cooking the rice.
- Heat a layer of cooking oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the cumin, cardamom seeds, pepper, cinnamon, and cloves; then, cook until the spices splutter.
- Add the chopped onion. Cook, stirring, until translucent. If you want a darker pilaf, fry the onions until they are caramelized.
- Stir in the turmeric and coriander powder. Let fry for a few minutes.
- Stir in the garlic paste and a bit of chopped fresh coriander.
- Add the cooked meat, and stir together for 2 minutes.
- Add the broth, and bring to a simmer. Adjust the seasoning with salt to taste—make sure to add enough salt because you still need to add the rice.
- Stir in the rice and a little coriander. Cook on high heat for about 3 minutes.
- Reduce the heat to medium, and cover the pot. Cook, stirring periodically, until the rice has absorbed the water.
- Reduce the heat to low, and let the rice finish steaming for 5 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and serve with kachumbari.