/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>18999146
*Pulao

>>18999148
ah i see
the real secret was being a smarmy pedant

>>18999146
The heat of the frying cooks the rice.

>>18999146
Prepare rice properly, use cumin and black pepper, and lots of onion.
>>18999148
Stolen

>>18999146
must have nice bloated sultanas, but they should be few and also the ONLY sweet bite in the whole dish

>>18999320
>she does use carrot in her pilaf

>>18999146
you have to be persian or central asian and NOT armenian or georgian
also, animal fat.

>>18999334
>does
Does'NT, rather.

>>18999148
*Polao, Palavu, Plov, Fulav, Fulaaw. There are a hundred names because every culture has a meat and rice dish.

>>18999334
>>18999337
anon pls. a proper pilaf isn't chineeze fried rice. if you're going to toss bits of carrot but not sultanas you're definitely in the wrong thread and maybe even on the wrong board

>>18999343
You are not very smart.

>>18999348
I know :[

sorry

>>18999349
Aw. Now I feel bad. I'm sorry, too.
Anyway, I never said to not use sultanas or other dried fruit, just that they shouldn't be/aren't the only sweet thing in a pilaf.
My favourite one (turnip or parsnip + carrot + onion + caraway + cumin + lamb fat + lamb or mutton or goat meat + lamb or mutton or goat stock + sweet parsley + dill; don't use goat or mutton fat for this as it is too strong-tasting) doesn't have any, actually, even though most do. The ones with fruit, especially non-sultana fruits, are meant for more celebratory meals or eaten out at restaurants. A regular, everyday pilaf cooked at home by your gran isn't guaranteed to have any.

>>18999358
Well for me, when I was little we had Moroccan neighbors move in and I distinctly remember the summer day they invited us kids over to play with their kids and they served us this (to me) very exotic rice dish and as I was spooning it down with all of its weird spiciness, I remember that first plump sultana I got and the whole dish came together. Been chasing that dragon ever since †bh

>>18999366
>moroccans
lol
Yeah, they're crazy about putting fruit everywhere but I wouldn't call their rice dishes 'pilaf,' necessarily, though I can see why others might.
There's something... different... to their food that's unlike stuff I grew up eating and I don't particularly enjoy. Also, they add sugar or honey to theirs, which is a little offputting to me. It's basically Algerian food, but much sweeter and, for some reason, better known.
I had a similar experience to yours with Ghanaians. My dad was a diplomat and made friends with a Ghanaian diplomat from their country's mission and we were invited to a cookout they hosted. They had a soup made of peanut butter, goat and spices which was very spicy but absolutely delicious, especially between rounds of football and video games my brother and I played with their kids.

>>18999320
so soy sauce, chicken and a hint of bbq sauce

>>18999334
>NOT armenian or georgian
Lolwut. Had you ever met Armenian or Georgian pretending plov is their national dish?

>>18999421
Armenians, yes. The only Georgian I know looks like a werewolf and smells bad so I don't ask him shit. I just jumped to the conclusion that, being surrounded by countries which make it, they do, too. Am I wrong?

>>18999420
but anon that's ¥ucky

>>18999146
cumin.

>>18999600
always a good idea

>>18999146
It's called plov, you retard.