How to cook pilaf
Today I cook pilaf.
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Everyone loves Pilaf, both adults and children. This dish came to us from the Scheherazade’s time of Arabian Nights, a frequent guest on our table.
I'll tell you my version of the cooking middle Asian pilaf.
Ingredients:
Meat (ideally lamb, I have beef), rice, onions, carrots. At a ratio of 1: 1: 0.5: 1, the vegetable oil, the whole head of garlic, 1 teaspoon cumin, 2 tsp barberry, red and black pepper, salt to taste.
Note №1. Pilaf cookware should be a cast-iron with a thick, like this one.
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Cooking zirvak. Heat the vegetable oil to boil and fry the onions until golden brown.
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Add the meat, cut into chunks and fry.
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Note №2. Traditionally, carrots cut into long slices.
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Add the carrots to the meat with the onion, fry, stirring constantly, because vegetables can burn.
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Add water, spices, salt.
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Simmer under the lid (approximately 10 minutes). The result was a zirvak.
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Then, in the middle of zirvak put the whole head of garlic (cleaned only on the upper husk) and put the rice.
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Note №3. Rice should be selected durum. In Asia, this is a red Uzgen rice or Dev-Zira. I use long grain parboiled rice.
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Rice should be carefully spread out over zirvak.
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Now add water on 2cm. We add the fire and wait when the water evaporated. The water has to go down to 1-1.5 cm.
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Then close the lid and put on a slow fire for 20-30 minutes.
Note №4. Rice with vegetables and meat in the cooking process is not stirred.
The finished dish is stirred and allowed to stand "rest" for 10-15 minutes.
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Traditionally served with flatbreads and vegetable salad with tomatoes and onions. Washed down with tea.
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Help yourself! Try it to cook.
As a desphouswife's husband, I can tell, that it was very tasty pilaf. Be sure to try to cook it! 8)
That looks delicious. i will definitely try this recipe. Thank you :-)
I'm sure you will enjoy! Thank you :)
I am pleased to your attention! Thank you :)
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Oh, thank you! I'm glad a good evaluation :)