My favorite meal

@aureliah (24316)

Kenya

September 24, 2020 8:42am CST

I love this East African dish. We call it Pilau pronounced as pileu. It is white rice mixed with different spices and not many people know how to do it well. Some tend to put too much spices while others make it minimal. besides rice, it has ingredients such as chicken or beef, cardamom, cinnamon sticks, mixed herbs, onions and turmeric powder. It can never be complete with tomatoes, ginger, and garlic.

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@DianneN (247186)

• United States

25 Sep 20

I must make that! It sounds so delicious!!!!

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@DianneN (247186)

• United States

26 Oct 20

@aureliah Not yet, but I saved the info, made a shopping list, and found a recipe online!!!

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@aureliah (24316)

• Kenya

26 Oct 20

I hope you tried making it

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@aureliah (24316)

• Kenya

28 Oct 20

@DianneN Awesome. There are detailed videos on Youtube

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@snowy22315 (180678)

• United States

27 Sep 20

That looks yummy.

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@aureliah (24316)

• Kenya

28 Oct 20

It definitely is

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@marguicha (222994)

• Chile

24 Sep 20

I have learned a lot about other dishes while in myLot. After reaading a post, I check online for recipes

. This one sounds delicious.

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@aureliah (24316)

• Kenya

24 Sep 20

It is very delicious and we usually make pickles and chutneys to go with

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@LadyDuck (471500)

• Switzerland

24 Sep 20

I make this dish time by time and I like a lot.

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@LadyDuck (471500)

• Switzerland

25 Sep 20

@aureliah We call it "Pilau Rice", because it's not part of our cooking culture, so it's called with its original name.

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@aureliah (24316)

• Kenya

28 Oct 20

@LadyDuck Ooh okay, Its a delicious meal

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@aureliah (24316)

• Kenya

24 Sep 20

Wow! What do you call it there?

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@thelme55 (77061)

• Germany

25 Sep 20

I have heard about Pilau but I have not tried it. It sounds delicious but I don´t like cardamom.

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@aureliah (24316)

• Kenya

28 Oct 20

It is not necessarily you put all the spices mentioned. You can minimize them and still get the taste

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Benson Victoria

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24 Sep 20

Looks like jollof rice :-D also looks very delicious!

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@GardenGerty (160663)

• United States

24 Jan 22

I was going to ask what aspices were used. Thanks for sharing, that sounds good.

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@aureliah (24316)

• Kenya

24 Jan 22

Its quite yummy if you love spicy foods

@shaggin (72131)

• United States

17 Mar 23

It sounds good except it having cinnamon in it. Doesn’t seem fitting with the rest of the ingredients. It sure looks tasty though!

@aureliah (24316)

• Kenya

24 Mar 23

We usually omit some of the ingredients as per our liking. I also dont like cinnamon and I do not add tomatoes and turmeric but the results are great

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@ifa225 (14461)

• Indonesia

27 Feb 23

You make me hungry just to see that photo. Is there any place that I can buy here in Jakarta?

@aureliah (24316)

• Kenya

1 Mar 23

I guess you can just buy the ingredients and get the recipe on youtube. You will definitely love it

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@xstitcher (32463)

• Petaluma, California

14 Jan 22

Nice to eat a favorite dish now and then.

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@aureliah (24316)

• Kenya

17 Jan 22

yeah

@jstory07 (139697)

• Roseburg, Oregon

12 Jul 21

That dish sounds really good and I love rice.

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@aureliah (24316)

• Kenya

15 Jul 21

it is delicious.

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@amitkokiladitya (171927)

• Agra, India

24 Sep 20

I think we call it fried rice here.

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@aureliah (24316)

• Kenya

24 Sep 20

Are the ingredients the same?

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@amitkokiladitya (171927)

• Agra, India

25 Sep 20

@aureliah yes..they appear to be more or less sa.e

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@porwest (90823)

• United States

24 Mar 23

I guess I would have to try it. It looks good, but a couple of the ingredients and the potential it might be a bit hot would turn me off just a wee bit.

@aureliah (24316)

• Kenya

26 Apr 23

The good thing is that you can always work around the ingredients and get great results

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@piyushbhatia1 (11695)

• India

24 Sep 20

Great going

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@aureliah (24316)

• Kenya

24 Sep 20

Very delicious

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@cacay1 (83480)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

20 Jul 21

Wowwww, superb meal. Iike it. It's do nutritious, the contents alone e can tell.