East African Pilau

Name: East African Pilau
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon cloves; 2 tablespoon cumin seeds; 1/2 tablespoon black peppercorn seeds; 12 pods Cardamon; 1 stick cinnamon; 2 cups basmati rice; 5 potatoes (medium size [peeled and cut into quarters]); ¼ cup vegetable oil; 2 Red onions (medium size [thinly sliced]); 4 cloves garlic (minced); 2 tablespoons ginger (minced); 1 serrano chile (finely chopped); 1 tablespoon pilau masala; 2 beef stock cubes; ¼ cup fresh cilantro (roughly chopped); 1 lb beef sirloin (cubed); 3 Roma tomatoes (diced); 4 cups water; 2 Bay leaves; Salt to taste

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:35min

East African Pilau is a traditional, beautiful fragrant rice dish made with many aromatic spices that adds an amazing depth of flavor to the rice. It can be made with either beef or chicken.

Updated at: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:30:45 GMT