Kenyan Pilau

Name: Kenyan Pilau
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 4 pieces Black Peppercorns (4 whole black peppercorns); 4 pieces Cardamom (4 cardamom pods); 4 pieces Cinnamon (4 cinnamon sticks); 4 tsp Cumin Powder (4 teaspoons of cumin seed powder); 2 cloves Garlic (2 cloves of garlic); ½ tsp Ginger (1/2 teaspoon of ginger); 1 piece Yellow Onion (1 small onion); 1 ½ cup Brown Basmati Rice (1.5 cups of Rice ( you can use basmati rice)); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt to taste); 1 cup Prawns (1 cup of dressed shrimp); 2 pieces Vine Ripened Tomato (2 small tomatoes); 1 piece Cooking Oil (1 cooking spoon of vegetable oil)

55 minAsian

Servings4

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Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Pescatarian

Steps

1Season and boil the meat and set aside.Chop and crush all the spices and set aside.
2Heat up the oil and sauté the onions till its golden brown.
3Add the meat and allow to brown a little then add the spices, and the rice and the chopped tomatoes.
4Add the shrimps and add 2 cups of water and reduce the heat and allow to steam.Consistently check it to make sure the water has dried and the rice is soft. Once the rice is soft, increase the heat and stir it to let all the spices be absorbed in the rice.
5Serve with Kachumbari or any other salad.