{"id":931,"date":"2023-07-27T04:14:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T04:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/?p=931"},"modified":"2023-07-27T04:14:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T04:14:25","slug":"afghani-pulao-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/27\/afghani-pulao-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghani Pulao Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For the stock (yakhni)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>800 grams mutton, bone in<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8 cloves garlic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 black cardamom pod<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8 green cardamom pods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tbsp coriander seeds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tbsp whole black pepper corns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tbsp cumin seeds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5 cloves<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 bayleafs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 large cinnamon stick<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 tbsp salt, or to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For the rice<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2 medium onions, sliced<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>600 grams sella rice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tbsp cumin seeds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>oil, to fry the onions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For the carrot topping<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2 medium sized carrots, julienne cut<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 big handful raisins or sultanas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 big handful nuts, lightly crushed (I used pistachios but any will do)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 tbsp sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>oil, for frying<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instructions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Add all the ingredients for the yakhni to a pot and cover with enough water to submerge all the meat. Bring to a boil and then cover, simmering for 1.5-2hrs, till the meat is tender but not falling off the bone. Keep checking after the 1.5hr mark to get till the right doneness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meanwhile, in a pan heat 3-4tbsp of oil and add your julienne-cut carrots. Saute these on medium heat for 5 minutes, till they are tender and then add the raisins. Cook for an additional 5 minutes, till the raisins begin to swell up. FInally, add 2tbsp of sugar and the lightly crushed nuts and cook for just a minute. Turn off the heat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take a clean sheet of aluminium foil and place the carrot mixture with all the oil onto it. Fold it around the edges tightly into a parcel shape. Set aside<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When the mutton is tender, strain out the liquid stock using a colander and discard the whole spices. Reserve the stock.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a heavy based pot, heat 4-5tbsp of oil and add 3 thinly sliced small onions and 1tbsp cumin seeds. Saute this on medium-high till the onions become lightly brown. The darker the onions become, the darker the rice will be. I prefer my Kabuli Pilau to be a light shade of brown, therefore I sauted my onions this much. You can saute them more if you prefer a darker shade.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once the onions are to your desired colour, add the mutton from the stock. Saute for 5-8 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add the rice, stock and top up with water if required. My rule of thumb for Pilau is to have enough water to get to this level (see picture below).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cook on high heat till the water begins to boil and then reduces, until there is very little water left in the pot. Stir once or twice using a &#8216;panja&#8217; (see picture below), being careful not to break any rice pieces.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At this point, reduce the heat to the lowest possible, add the foil parcel full of the carrot mix and cover with a lid wrapped with a tea towel. Allow it to steam like this for 10-15 minutes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To serve, plate the rice on a rice platter, add the chunks of mutton so they are at the top and on full display and scatter with raisins, nuts and carrots from the foil parcel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your Kabuli Pilau is ready! Serve with salad and raita!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/fatima.cooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/fatima.cooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients For the stock (yakhni) For the rice For the carrot topping Instructions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistani-rice"],"Cooking_time":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/53.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":933,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions\/933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}