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Pilaou (Comorian Spiced Pilaf)

Name: Pilaou (Comorian Spiced Pilaf)
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Comoros
Ingredients: 2 cups Rice; 200g Thinly sliced beef; 1 Onion; 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder; 3 Clove; 1 Cinnamon stick

Rice Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Beef and spices cooked with rice — a fragrant pilaf essential to Comorian celebrations.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Pilaf culture, carried along Indian Ocean trade routes, developed in Comoros with its own distinctive spice blend. The fragrance of cardamom, clove, and cinnamon whets the appetite.

🌆 Where it's eaten: Served heaped on a large platter at special gatherings like weddings and festivals.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Rice 2 cups
Thinly sliced beef 200g
Onion 1
Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp
Clove 3
Cinnamon stick 1

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rinse the rice and drain. Thinly slice the onion and cut the beef into bite-sized pieces.
Heat oil in a pot and sauté the onion until caramelized golden-brown.
Add the beef and spices and stir-fry to combine.
Add the rice and stir-fry briefly, then pour in enough water to just cover.
Cover and cook over low heat for 15 minutes, then rest off heat for 10 more minutes.

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