Pilau

Name: Pilau
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 5 cloves garlic; 1/2 a ginger; 1 big onion; Pinches black pepper; Pinches pilau masala; 70 g tomato paste; to taste Salt; 1/2 kg meat; 1/2 kg rice (2 cups)

Juliet @cook_7640840

Nairobi

I have always wondered why my pilau is not tasty but the secret is do not boil meat but brown it with cooking oil.

Juliet @cook_7640840

Nairobi

I have always wondered why my pilau is not tasty but the secret is do not boil meat but brown it with cooking oil.

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Ingredients

40 minutes

4 people

5 clovesgarlic
1/2a ginger
1big onion
Pinchesblack pepper
Pinchespilau masala
70 gtomato paste
to tasteSalt
1/2 kgmeat
1/2 kgrice (2 cups)

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Steps

40 minutes

1

Wash the meat and drain the excess water. Put it in the sufuria to boil with salt so that drain the excess water
2

Add cooking oil into the meat and let it cook till it browns.
3

Chop the onions then add to the meat but ensure you add salt to that it does darken.
4

Pound the garlic and ginger then add it into the mixture, stir it and let it cook for close to 3 minutes so that you get the good aroma
5

Add the tomato paste and stir let it cook as you stir then add black pepper and pilau masala
6

Add the rice and stir it until it is mixed thoroughly.
7

Add 4 cups of water and stir then add salt to taste. Cover to cook for 20 to 25 minutes under low heat.
8

Serve while hot with kachumbari or vegetable