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Rice Pilau
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Ingredients
A few cloves (6)
4 tblsp vegetable oil
1 tspn whole black pepper
1/4 cup turmeric
4 curry leaves
Salt and pepper to taste.
600g basmati rice or any rice of your preferrence
4 cups water
1 medium chopped onion
1 tblsp of ginger and garlic paste
2 tblsp of chopped coriander leaves
2 tblsp chopped thyme
1 medium carrot chopped into little cubes
2 tblsp of green peas
2 tblsp of baby Sweetcorn (maize)
Cooking Instructions
(Discard this section for Vegeterians)
* Cut the beef and chicken into bite size portions and Keep them in separate containers. Season with salt and pepper and mix well.
Place the sausages in a microwave container and cook in the microwave under high for a few minutes (8 mins).
(Alternatively, you can fry the sausages.)
* Allow to cool and cut into slices.
* Heat the oil in a deep frying pan to simmering point. Fry the chicken pieces until cooked thoroughly and golden brown. Remove the fried chicken pieces from frying pan. Allow oil to drain and place in a container.
* Fry the cubed beef pieces until golden brown in the same oil.
( Vegeterian Pilau - Vegeterian pilao)
* Add the chopped onions, crushed garlic and ginger in a preheated saucepan with some oil added to it. Fry until the onions become transparent. Add the carrots, sweetcorn, peas, turmeric, curry leaves, chopped coriander, chopped thyme, cloves and whole black pepper. Mix well together and leave to cook for 3 mins.
* Remove pan from heat.
* Wash the rice, drain and place in rice cooker with 4 cups of waterand leave to cook. Start cooking the rice. When water starts boiling, open rice cooker and put all ingredients. Note: None vegeterian should also add the cooked chicken, beef and sausages at this point.)
* Immediately after rice is cooked, open rice cooker and carefully mix all the ingredients together so as obtain a well mixed pilau. Close rice cooker and allow to rest for a few minutes to steam.
Note: If you do not have a rice cooker. Use a covered deep saucepan and allow rice to cook as you would be normally cooking rice. You may have to adjust the water quantity to cook the rice to your desired preferences. Use medium to high heat so as not to burn the rice.
Related :
Mauritian pilaf, pilau, pilaf, pilaw, Mauritian cuisine, cooking and recipes from Mauritius
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