Pilau waru# Indian contest

Name: Pilau waru# Indian contest
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 2 cups rice preferably long grain rice or pishori; 5 cups hot water; 4 potatoes; 3 tablespoons pilau masala; 2 grated or blended tomatoes; 2 onions; 250 g meat; 2 cloves garlic; 2 tbs ginger crushed; For kachumbari; 1 tomato; 1 onion; 1 lemon; 1 hoho or capsicum; to taste Salt and pepper

Nyambura Mukururi @cook_9946662

Nairobi

This is pilau with potatoes

Nyambura Mukururi @cook_9946662

Nairobi

This is pilau with potatoes

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Ingredients

4 servings

2 cupsrice preferably long grain rice or pishori
5 cupshot water
4potatoes
3 tablespoonspilau masala
2grated or blended tomatoes
2onions
250 gmeat
2 clovesgarlic
2 tbsginger crushed
For kachumbari
1tomato
1onion
1lemon
1hoho or capsicum
to tasteSalt and pepper

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Steps

1

Cut the meat into cubes and fry it in a pan with a generous amount of oil till brown
2

Cut the onions into slices not cubes
3

Fry the onions,garlic and ginger in oil until brown you can add the remaining oil from the meat
4

Add pilau masala and fry till the pilau masala turns black
5

Next add the rice and meat and stir then add in the potatoes and tomatoes.season salt
6

Next add the hot water and stir till it boils then let it simmer under medium heat for 4 minutes then lower the heat and let it cook under low heat
7

Cover when all the water is almost gone so that the top rice can cook
8

Serve
9

For the kachumbari.deseed the tomatoes and cut into thinner slices.the pulp can be used later in a meal
10

Cut the onions and hohos into cubes and blanch them in hot water for 3minutes to remove the tangyness
11

Drain them from the water and add them into the tomatoes squeeze lemon juice on them and season with salt and pepper as desired.serve on the side with pilau