Beef pilau

Name: Beef pilau
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Ugandan
Ingredients: 500 g beef, cut into cubes; 3 cups rice, washed; 2 onions, sliced; 4 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 thumb ginger, grated; 2 tbsp pilau masala; 2 potatoes, peeled and quartered; 4 tbsp MAMI Soybean Oil; Salt to taste

Fragrant spiced rice with tender beef, the centrepiece of every celebration.

Prep: 15 min
Cook: 45 min
Serves: 6

Made withMAMI Soybean Oil

Ingredients

Method

Simmer the beef in salted water until tender, about 30 minutes. Keep 5 cups of the stock.
Heat the oil in a large heavy pot and fry the onions until deep golden brown. This gives pilau its colour.
Add the garlic, ginger and pilau masala and stir for one minute.
Add the beef and potatoes and stir to coat in the spices.
Add the rice, stir gently, then pour in the hot stock. Season with salt.
Bring to the boil, then cover tightly and cook on low heat for about 15 minutes until the rice is tender.

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