Easiest Way to Prepare Yummy Beef pilau with kachumbari

Beef pilau with kachumbari. Beef pilau is my favourite pilau especially this one. It is Kenyan inspired beef pilau which is different than other pilau but SO DELICIOUS. Fry the onions till golden brown.

My Pilau recipe is the original pilau recipe. Having been raised in Mombasa, Pilau was always the go-to meal for visitors and our every Sunday dinner. The first time I came to Nairobi, I ordered Pilau and shock on me, it came with soup on the side. You can have Beef pilau with kachumbari using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Beef pilau with kachumbari

1. You need 350 g of Beef.
2. Prepare To taste of salt.
3. It's 1 of large onion chopped.
4. Prepare 3 of medium tomatoes chopped.
5. You need 2 TBS of garlic ginger paste.
6. Prepare 2 TBS of whole pilau spice.
7. It's 1 TBS of tomato paste.
8. Prepare 1 of knorr beef cube.
9. It's 3-4 c of rice.
10. Prepare 7-9 c of warm water or more depending on rice used.
11. You need 2-3 TBS of cooking oil.
12. You need of Kachumbari.
13. It's 1 of medium sized onion thinly sliced.
14. It's 1 of lemon.
15. It's 2 of tomatoes thinly sliced.
16. Prepare To taste of salt.

Real Pilau comes with Kachumbari and a banana or a. Top the 'kachumbari 'over the 'beef pilau' on your plate and enjoy! We prepared the recipe at Paradise Lost together with Grace Bako being the chief chef. Add cubed beef, pilau spice, bay leaves, cilantro, and pinch of salt.

Beef pilau with kachumbari instructions

1. Clean and cut beef to pieces, not very small. Put in a sufuria with little salt and water, boil until tender.
2. In a large sufuria, heat oil. Add onions and saute till translucent. Add garlic ginger paste and pilau spice and saute. Stirring constantly so they don't burn.
3. Add meat, excluding any soup if available. You can also add tomatoes and let cook, stirring occasionally. When cooked add tomato paste and allow to cool for a minute or two.
4. Add the cube and water. Allow to come to a simmer. Rinse rice and add, stir well and adjust salt. Allow to simmer until rice is well cooked and all water is dried up..
5. For those who use charcoal jiko, we like to cover the sufuria for a while adding a little charcoal on top so everything dries up well. It also creates a good top layer (ukoko)..
6. For the kachumbari, slice onions thinly and wash them in warm salty water or use vinegar if you have. Pour away the water and rinse again using fresh water.
7. Mix onions with sliced tomatoes. Squeeze half lemon juice, sprinkle a little salt and mix well..
8. Serve your pilau with a side of kachumbari. Best eaten using hands.

Cook until meat browns and caramelizes stirring occasionally. Grind in coffee grinder until smooth. The beef pilau tastes great by itself but the Kenyans prefer to eat it along with kachumbari. Depending on your taste preferences, you can also add cucumber, lemon juice and coriander leaves to it. Serve the kachumbari on top of the beef pilau to make it a ravishing feast.