Spiced Pilau

Ingredients

• 2½ cups cooked rice
• 1 kg beef or mutton, washed
• 3 potatoes, peeled, cubed and fried
• 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables (peas, carrots, corn)
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• ¼ cup oil
• 1 tblspn ghee
• 2 tsp whole jeero (cumin)
• 1 tblspn ginger-garlic masala
• 2 tsp crushed chillies
• 2 tsp fine chillies
• 2 tsp dhana-jeero (coriander & cumin)
• 1½ tsp course salt
• ¼ tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp World Tea Spice
• 1 medium tomato (grated)

Method

1. Heat the oil and ghee in a pot. Add whole jeero and fry onions until golden.
2. Add the meat along with the spices and allow to braise on high to seal juices.
3. Add the tomato and cook on medium heat for 45 minutes until meat is tender.
4. Layer in the cooked vegetables, followed by the fried potatoes. Gently top with rice.
5. Cover tightly with foil or lid, and steam in the oven at 180°C for ± 1 hour.

Serve with: A cooling yoghurt and cucumber raita, lightly spiced with World Tea Spice.

A rich, layered rice dish where warming spices, tender meat, and aromatic rice come together in one deeply comforting pot.