Rice Pilau
Ingredients (6 servings)
1 pound goat, mutton or beef cubes
4 garlic cloves
Salt
9 cardamom pods
4 tbsp vegetable oil
1 large onion, chopped
3 cups rice
10 whole black peppercorns
8 whole cloves
8 cinnamon sticks
1 tsp ground ginger
¼ cup cumin seed powder
4 small tomatoes
6 cups water
Preparation
- Boil the meat in salted water until tender.
- Crush the garlic and cardamom together with 2tbsp water using a mortar and pestle.
- Sautee the onion until it is golden brown.
- Add the rice, meat, garlic and cardamom mixture, peppercorns, cloves, cinnamon, ginger and cumin seed powder.
- Cook covered over medium heat until all are nicely brown, about 10 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes.
- Cook and stir until the tomatoes are thoroughly cooked down to the consistency of a sauce.
- Add the 6 cups water to the rice mixture, bring to a boil and then cook over very low heat, (while covered) for another 15-20 minutes, until all water is absorbed and the rice is cooked through.
- Serve with Kachumbari.
Enjoy!!
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How to make pilau- Kenyan recipe (coast) - mwakenya)