Pilau

Name: Pilau
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1/2 kg beef; 2 cups rice; 4 cups water; 1/4 cup cumin seeds; I teaspoonful BlackPepper; 3 diced capsicums; 20 g tomato paste; I big onion chopped; 1/4 cup grated ginger and garlic; Pilau masala; Salt; Cooking oil

Tracey Maria @cook_14337518

My mom's kitchen garden had yielded this big beautiful capsicums so I thought- why not cook my pilau with some. I tell you the results were amazing!

Tracey Maria @cook_14337518

My mom's kitchen garden had yielded this big beautiful capsicums so I thought- why not cook my pilau with some. I tell you the results were amazing!

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Ingredients

1/2 kgbeef
2 cupsrice
4 cupswater
1/4 cupcumin seeds
I teaspoonful BlackPepper
3diced capsicums
20 gtomato paste
I big onion chopped
1/4 cupgrated ginger and garlic
Pilau masala
Salt
Cooking oil

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Steps

1

Add the oil to a sufuria wait till it's just warm then add the onion then cook till it's translucent
2

Next add the meat,garlic, ginger and salt- stir for like 5 minutes
3

Add Capsicums and let them cook for another 5 minutes stirring occasionally
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Next add the Tomato paste,pilau masala,cumin seeds, BlackPepper and keep stirring for about a minute
5

Add one cup of water together with the rice and stir really well
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Add the rest of the water,stir and cover your sufuria. Then cook on medium heat for about 8-10mins then adjust to low heat for the rest of the time till all the water is evaporated
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Should look like this when it's ready. You can sprinkle some of the Capsicum on top.