1 Cut the onions into half rings, carrots into large bars (side 5 by 5 mm), wash the meat and cut into fairly large cubes. Pour vegetable oil into the bottom of the cauldron and heat well. Put the onions and fry on high heat, stirring, for about 5-7 minutes, the onions will start to turn golden.
2.Next add the meat and fry for about 7 minutes. The meat should be lightly crusted.
3.Add carrots and fry for about 7-10 minutes. 4.
4. Turn down the heat to ‘below medium’, pour in all the spices, add 2 tbsp of salt and pour boiling water so that the water slightly covers the meat and vegetables. Stir, cover tightly and braise for about 40 minutes. While the vegetables are stewing, rinse the rice very well, cover with a colander and allow to dry.
5.After 40 minutes on the stewed meat and vegetables lay an even layer of dried rice, pour boiling water (in boiling water you need to add 1 tbsp. salt) so that the water level was 1 cm above the level of rice. After that, do not touch the rice and in no case stir it. Bring to a boil, cover tightly with a lid and cook pilaf on low heat for about 40 minutes. All the water should be completely absorbed into the rice.
6.After 20 minutes, ‘drown’ 2 heads of garlic in the rice, cover again and continue to cook for another 20 minutes.
- 7.When the water is completely absorbed, turn off the fire and, without removing the rice from the burner, let it ‘rest’ and insist at least half an hour. Before serving, stir the pilaf gently.