How to cook pilaf correctly: Yevhen Klopotenko shared useful tips
Pilaf is one of the most delicious and satisfying dishes that you need to know how to cook properly because it is very easy to turn high-quality cereal into ordinary porridge if you cook it incorrectly.
Culinary expert Yevhen Klopoteno has shared on his website how to cook delicious pilaf, how to choose rice for it, and what meat is best to use to make it truly delicious.
How to cook pilaf
1. Rice
The cook advises to cook pilaf with rice.
Rice for pilaf
"If you want the dish to be crumbly, then give preference to basmati or devita," advises Klopotenko.
How to cook a delicious pilaf
All you need to know when choosing rice for pilaf is that it should be medium-long, pearly, and absorb water and fat well.
If you're cooking pilaf for the first time, you can go for a trick - use steamed rice - it's almost always crumbly, even if overcooked.
How to cook delicious pilaf
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To prevent it from turning into porridge during cooking, rinse it well before cooking in clear water to remove starch dust.
"Rice can be soaked for 20 minutes," the chef recommends.
Rice can be soaked for 20 minutes before cooking
2. Meat
Meat for pilaf
"You can cook pilaf with any meat. The classic options are lamb and pork, but if you want a more dietary option, give preference to chicken, rabbit or turkey," Klopotenko explained.
Lamb and garlic pilaf
3. Vegetables
Onions for pilaf
Some foods should always be in pilaf, regardless of the recipe, and these are onions and carrots.
Carrots for pilaf
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"Onions can be cut into half rings or rings, and carrots into cubes," advises Klopotenko.
Ingredients for pilaf
4. Oil
Oil for pilaf
Sunflower, olive, or sesame oil is suitable for cooking pilaf.
Olive oil
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As for the broth, you can fill the pilaf with vegetable or meat broth, as well as plain water.
Broth for the dish
5. Spices
Spices for pilaf
Spices are what give pilaf its flavor and aroma.
Dry spices
"As a rule, barberry, cumin, garlic, and ground black pepper are added to pilaf," Klopotenko summarized.
Delicious pilaf with meat
Ievgen Klopotenko
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