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Pilaf

Popular central asian and middle eastern dish. High in nutrition, designed to be prepared and eaten communally.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Put the cooking oil in a cauldron and heat it until the oil is boiling, add a head of onion until it is black, then throw it out.
  2. Throw coarsely chopped meat into the cauldron and let it boil until it’s golden brown, then add a pinch of salt.
  3. Add the chopped onions, then wait 2 minutes and add the sliced carrots, boil for another 2 minutes.
  4. Add 500 ml of water diluted with tomato paste, boil for 5 minutes.
  5. Rinse the rice and put it into the cauldron but do not mix.
  6. Add another 500 ml of water diluted with tomato paste and wait until it is boiling.
  7. Reduce the heat to minimum, then add two table spoons of salt.
  8. Close the cauldron and leave it on low heat for 1.5-2 hours.
  9. 1 hour before it is ready(or when you can’t see water above the rice), add the garlic.
  10. You can now turn over the rice if it is undercooked and add some raisins.
  11. Keep boiling until all water is evaporated.