Page 65 - Msingi Afrika Magazine Issue 3

THE POPULAR

KENYAN PILAU

Ingredients:

• 1 cup rice (500g)
• 2 large onions
• 1 clove crushed garlic
• 1 crushed ginger
• 20g pilau masala
• ¼ cup vegetable oil(coconut oil)
• ½ kg meat(goat,chicken or beef)
• 1¾ cups water
• Salt to taste(Himalayan salt)

Directions:
In a cooking pot, fry onions until cooked
(but not burnt – this give color to the end product),
add garlic, ginger, salt, pilau masala, allow to cook
for 2-3 minutes, add meat and let cook until meat is cooked.

Pour in the rice, stir to combine the meat with the rice, add
the 1 ¾ cups water and bring to a boil over high heat with the
cooking pot uncovered.

Once the water level has gone down, lower the heat,
cover and cook for a further 10mins or until water has
dried up.

Turn of your heat, fluff the rice and set aside for about
10 mins.

Sit and enjoy with a salad (kachumbari) with tomatoes,
onions & chillies.

Appreciation

Thanks to health food and nutrition expert
Sarah Wambugu (Kenya) for this timely article on
how to make the Kenyan Pilau.