Pilau

Name: Pilau
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 500 grams rice; Ginger; Garlic; 2 medium sized onions; Meat; Spices-1 royco cube and 1tablespoon pilau masala (whole); I litre of water; Potatoes (optional,I love mine with it)cooking oil; Tomato paste

Nancy Cherono @cook_37161713

It reminds me of my days at the coast and my friends back there who were always patient with my pressure to take me thru the cooking lessons,my interest in food served me good cz I picked a few

Nancy Cherono @cook_37161713

It reminds me of my days at the coast and my friends back there who were always patient with my pressure to take me thru the cooking lessons,my interest in food served me good cz I picked a few

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Ingredients

1hr

3 servings

500 gramsrice
Ginger
Garlic
2medium sized onions
Meat
Spices-1 royco cube and 1tablespoon pilau masala (whole)
I litre of water
Potatoes (optional,I love mine with it)cooking oil
Tomato paste

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Steps

1hr

1

In a pot, add in a generous amount of oil followed by a mixture of ginger and garlic paste and then give it a stir,add in diced. Onions and stir as well.
2

Add pre -boiled meat into the already cooking onions and ginger-garlic paste and continue stirring until they blend well
3

Add your spices,followed by your tomato paste while stirring to mix it together
4

Add the potatoes,stir it and then cover to allow the potatoes to cook
5

Once the potatoes are partially cooked add in pre-soaked rice(soak 10mins prior) and give it a stir until the rice adopts the colour of the spices
6

Add in the measured water and allow it to cook on low heat to ensure they evenly cook.
7

Wait for the water to dry up,then serve while hot and enjoy with a banana and kachumbari