Easiest Way to Prepare Perfect Swahili Beef Pilau(Quick fix)

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Swahili Beef Pilau(Quick fix). The Real original Swahili-Style Pilau Recipe- How to make Beef Pilau Quick and delicious rice recipe. Follow my step by guide to make Beef pilau. This Recipe Makes The Best Swahili Pilau Using Ingredients You Should Already Have in Your Kitchen!

I prefer to season my pilau twice.

This is a quick guide to cooking nice pilau with pilau masala.

Scroll down and check out the ingredients and method of preparation.

You can have Swahili Beef Pilau(Quick fix) using 9 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Swahili Beef Pilau(Quick fix)

1. It’s 1 of and 1/2 cups of rice.

2. It’s 1 kg of beef(more or less depending with your liking).

3. It’s 5 of large potatoes. (Halve them).

4. You need 2 tbsp of whole pilau spices(Grind to make fresh pilau masala).

5. Prepare 2 tbsp of garlic and ginger paste.

6. You need 1 tbsp of cumin spice powder.

7. Prepare 2 of large onions.

8. It’s 1 handful of coriander.

9. It’s 1/2 (1 cup) of cooking oil.

Take a large pot and heat oil in it.

Add the beef into the oil in batches as we do not want to overcrowd the pan.

East African Pilau is a traditional, beautiful fragrant rice dish made with many aromatic spices that adds an amazing depth of flavor to the rice.

Pilau has a wonderful balance of flavors.

Swahili Beef Pilau(Quick fix) step by step

1. Chop onions and fry the till golden brown.

2. Add garlic and ginger paste and cook for about 1 minute. Make sure they dont burn.

3. Add pilau masala and cumin spice and mix well.

4. Add your boiled beef and mix well. Let it cook through for about 2 mins on medium heat.

5. Add salt to your preference.

6. Add your potatoes and mix well. Let it cook for about 2 mins also so that the oil,spices and beef marry nicely with the potatoes.

7. Add coriander and mix for 1 min.

8. Add your rice and mix well.

9. Pour in the beef broth measured as 2 and 1/2 cups. Mix everything well.

10. If using gas cooker, cover the sufuria with a lid and reduce the heat. Let it cook for about 15mins. By now the aroma must be torturing you like crazy :).

11. If using a jiko,put aside your sufuria and scoop out some hot charcoal and place it on top of your lid.

12. Take two sheets of newspaper,dip them in water and drain off dripping water then cover the top part of the sufuria with them.

13. Place the sufuria lid which has hot charcoal on top and let it cook.

14. The concept of using damp newspaper sheets and covering the lid with hot charcoal is to make the pilau get its authentic infused aroma and make the rice come out one by one(direct translation :D).

15. You will know your pilau is ready when the potatoes and rice are cooked.

16. Serve while hot and garnish with some lemony kachumbari,chopped dhania and cooked pilipili(will do a recipe on this. No wahala).

17. Teremsha the sweet pilau with a glass of cold juice or your preferred beverage.

18. Please try this beef pilau recipe and let me know how it turned out. Its a sure quick fix for those days you crave for authentic Swahili pilau.

It is a festive dish, which is never missing during special occasions or events.

It's made with rice cooked in a.

Kenyan Pilau Recipe and preparing: Pilau is a meal most attributed to the coastal people but enjoyed across Kenyans of all social classes.

It is seen as a meal of celebration hence prepared on special occasions.

So if you are having a party soon or just wish to smell the aroma of Pilau in your home.