Best beef pilau recipe

Best beef pilau

by @carenfoodie8544
Prep Time
15min
Cook Time
45min
Total Time
1hr

Most delicious beef pilau served with kachumbari

Ingredients

6 Servings
(1 serving = 3 serving spoon)

Pilau

  • 3cups
    of rice (Preferably pishori or long-grained rice
  • heaped and washed and all the water drained out of the rice
  • 1/4kg
    of already cubed and boiled beef
  • 2piece
    large onions sliced into small
  • 2piece
    medium size tomatoes grated or skinned and cut up into small cubes
  • 2
    tbsps finely crushed fresh garlic
  • 2
    tbsps finely crushed fresh ginger
  • 1tsp
    finely crushed fresh turmeric or ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • 1tbsp
    tomato paste
  • 1
    & ½ tsps pilau masala spice
  • 1
    & ½ tsps salt
  • 10
    tbsps cooking oil to fry
  • 6cups
    hot water

Kachumbari

  • 2piece
    large of finely cubed tomatoes
  • 1piece
    large of finely sliced onion
  • 1/2piece
    a of avocado

How to make Best beef pilau

  1. In a hot oil pan add the onions and fry until they are golden brown.

    Add the garlic, ginger, and fresh turmeric. If you’re using turmeric powder, wait and add it with the pilau masala spice later. Keep stirring until the entire mixture turns a dark golden brown.

    Add the beef at this point. Stir, cover, and significantly lower the heat. Let the mixture simmer for a minute or two.

    Add the tomatoes, stir a little and let it sit for a minute then stir in the tomato paste.

    Add the pilau masala and the salt and evenly stir the mixture.

    Cover again for a minute, still on low heat, to allow the ingredients to blend well together.Next, stir in the rice and continue stirring until all the ingredients are evenly blended together.

    Pour in the hot water and stir the mixtureand bring it to a boil.

    Cover the pan and significantly lower the heat. Let the rice cook on this very low heat until most of the water in the rice is gone.

    Use a fork to gently turn the rice, allowing the ingredients to mix into the rice evenly, now that they tend to collect at the top.

    Cover again and let the rice cook until its ready

Tips & Tricks

  1. Crush your garlic, ginger and fresh turmeric in a mortar and pestle rather than grating it for better results. Peel and cut them up into smaller pieces to make crushing easier. Adding a little salt too will help ease the crushing process.