{"id":1084,"slug":"east-african-beef-pilaf","title":"East African Beef Pilaf","description":"This beef pilaf is a fragrant East African rice dish made by cooking the rice with meat or vegetables, ginger, garlic, and spices. It is usually served with kachumbari, which is a mixture of tomatoes, onions, and lettuce.","ingredients_raw":["250 g beef, cubed and rinsed","1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste","1 tbsp salt","1 tomato, grated","1 onion, grated","Vegetable oil","1 tbsp cumin powder","2 pods cardamom, seeds removed","1½ tsp whole powdered pepper","2 cinnamon sticks","Cloves","2 onions, finely chopped","1½ tsp turmeric powder","1½ tsp coriander powder","½ tsp garlic paste","Chopped fresh coriander","Salt","400 g rice, washed and soaked for 10 minutes"],"ingredients_norm":["beef","ginger garlic paste","salt","tomato","onion","vegetable oil","cumin powder","pods cardamom seeds removed","whole powdered pepper","cinnamon stick","clove","turmeric powder","coriander powder","garlic paste","cilantro","rice"],"steps":["Place beef in a pot with water, ginger-garlic paste, salt, grated tomato, and grated onion. Bring to a boil, and cook until the meat is tender.","Remove the meat and set aside. Save the resulting broth for cooking the rice.","Heat a layer of cooking oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the cumin, cardamom seeds, pepper, cinnamon, and cloves; then, cook until the spices splutter.","Add the chopped onion. Cook, stirring, until translucent. If you want a darker pilaf, fry the onions until they are caramelized.","Stir in the turmeric and coriander powder. Let fry for a few minutes.","Stir in the garlic paste and a bit of chopped fresh coriander.","Add the cooked meat, and stir together for 2 minutes.","Add the broth, and bring to a simmer. Adjust the seasoning with salt to taste—make sure to add enough salt because you still need to add the rice.","Stir in the rice and a little coriander. Cook on high heat for about 3 minutes.","Reduce the heat to medium, and cover the pot. Cook, stirring periodically, until the rice has absorbed the water.","Reduce the heat to low, and let the rice finish steaming for 5 minutes.","Remove from the heat and serve with kachumbari."],"categories":["Rice recipes","Recipes using rice","Recipes using beef","African recipes","Recipes using cardamom","Recipes using cinnamon stick","Recipes using clove","Recipes using coriander","Recipes using ginger-garlic paste","Recipes using ground cumin","Recipes using vegetable oil"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:East_African_Beef_Pilaf","source_ref":"4518798","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:East_African_Beef_Pilaf&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"2ae7c5127f990eec5227987efc9c6567f216d8dd0a1c7abc8a47962946294667","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:01Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/east-african-beef-pilaf"}