Tanzanian Pilau

Name: Tanzanian Pilau
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Tanzanian
Ingredients: 3 cups rice; 500g beef, cubed; 1 tbsp pilau spice blend (cumin, cardamom, cinnamon); 2 onions, sliced

Pilau/pee-LOW/

About this dish

Fragrant spiced rice cooked with beef and warming spices, a festive East African dish.

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Ingredients

🍚3 cups rice

🥩500g beef, cubed

🌰1 tbsp pilau spice blend (cumin, cardamom, cinnamon)

🧅2 onions, sliced

Method

Serves 2

Fry onion until deeply caramelized.

Add beef and pilau spices, and brown well.

Add rice and enough water or stock to cook it.

Cover and simmer until the rice is tender.

Serve hot with a side salad.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Pilau is a beloved Tanzanian dish, especially popular on the coast and during celebrations, showing Indian Ocean trade influence.

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