So I read the topic to the end. I see my pilaf mentioned here. Yes, noble pilaf
, I don’t mind ... I’m just not up to it now, and I’m not going to cook pilaf yet. And if I do, there will be no one to add pictures to the computer. So lay it out, maybe someone else will come in handy.
And I'll show you which one I still have. Real, Ferghana :) summer cottage season starts soon, maybe someone will be interested.
HOW TO COOK REAL UZBEK (FERGANA) PLOV
I'll tell you what - not all bloggers sit in front of the screen, but scribble posts. There are many small joys in life, each of which makes it complete.
Today I decided to show and tell you how to cook a normal Uzbek pilaf, and not the mishmash that they used to pass off as it. I learned the Fergana pilaf recipe from a local Uzbek, who among all his relatives is distinguished by the ability to cook so that everyone was delighted and knows a lot of recipes for this wonderful dish. I myself am far from Uzbek, but I did learn.
The photos have been around for a long time, since December 8, and have not resulted in a full-fledged online recipe. Well, shall we begin?
1. Meat - 1 kg. lamb (I used two, since a small feast was planned, in general there is a standard combination of 1 kg of meat, 1 kg of rice, 1 kg of carrots). Most of it is pulp, the rest is a few ribs with meat (for beauty).
2. Carrots - 1 kg (again I have two).
3. Rice - 1 kg (well, you get the idea). About the rice. For a normal Fergana pilaf, dev-zira is recommended, but the one that I tried to get in Ufa cracked already with stirring, and as a result, she and his wife were simply allowed to garnish with meat. On the advice of an experienced Uzbek, Abdul-Ghani bought a simple Thai parboiled rice (oblong such).
4. Onions - 2-3 medium onions (I had five) + 1 (one) small. Why this is - I will explain later.
5. Garlic - 2-3 heads (I have five).
6. Capsicum - also 2-3.
7. Common vegetable oil - 300 grams (I took more). If there is fat - very good, we will use it too.
8. Seasoning - cumin and barberry. Zira is of two types - yellowish and almost black. The one that is black is Uzbek, very fragrant. Yellowish is also good, however.
So. We cut the meat into medium-sized cubes (3x3 cm approximately, I saw such a description somewhere on the network). We just separate the ribs. Do not wash the meat! The maximum that can be done is to wipe it with a dry cloth (if indeed some kind of debris got into it).
Cut the carrots into strips about 0.5-1 cm thick. You will see on the pictures. We cut it, no grater, no harvesters. It's dreary, hands get tired - but it is necessary.
Cut the onion into rings, leave one small onion intact.
Rice - rinse thoroughly. Better clean, good water, although I wash and ordinary running. Wash until the water starts to drain clear. Wash with warm water, and when finished - do not leave it to dry, immediately fill it up again and add a little salt, just a little.
Kazan. This time I cooked on the street and took a normal, semicircular, street cauldron. In the hunting and fishing shop "Bear" I bought a tripod for him and lit a fire. At home, of course, it is best to cook on an ancient stove in which the fire on one of the comforts simply blazes. In the absence of it, we are content with what we have.
You also need a slotted spoon with a solid, durable, rigid handle, otherwise you will be tortured to stir the meat.
Meat, carrots, onions, and in a bowl - fat from lamb entrails.
The beauty. The cauldron is still heating up, you need to get a high temperature.
We started. After heating the cauldron, pour oil, heat it better and throw in that very small onion. What for? It's simple, it will absorb everything unnecessary from the oil.
The onion must be fried until brown and removed from the oil. Then after that I threw in lamb fat (but if it is absent, just omit this item.
I pulled the fry from fat out of the cauldron, the aroma of fried lamb was already in the air, the neighbors poked their noses out into the street in the hope of finding out what was happening in the area.
Now you need to quickly fry the ribs, the temperature will allow you to do this in less than 5 minutes. We throw them into hot oil.
Stir
And, after frying it slightly, put it on a plate. Here's what happens:
Now let’s wait a bit for the moisture to leave the oil. It stops hissing and starts emitting a gray smoke. It's time to throw the bow.
Stir the onion, frying it until golden brown. One secret: the color of the future pilaf depends on the degree of roasting, but do not overdo it, burnt crusts are useless. The onions have given up most of their moisture, they hiss less - it's time to put meat in the cauldron!
You need to try to make the meat fried, not stewed. For this, maximum temperature and moderate stirring are important. In my case, the meat, due to its quantity, managed to give off a lot of juice and for some time it was still stewed.
Do not forget to maintain a good, maximum temperature and, when the meat is already browned, has got a reddish tint - it's time to lay the carrots. Can you imagine what smell is already around the cauldron? Onions and lamb just permeated the air in the area.
We put the carrots carefully on top and do nothing for a couple of minutes, let them breathe in pairs, soften a little. Then we begin to mix gently.
We continue to stir for about 15-20 minutes, the carrots need to be fried too, and the main sign that this has happened is that the familiar smell of pilaf begins to emanate from the mixture!
At this point, we throw a handful of cumin into the mixture, rubbing it with our palms a little - it will give more aroma. There is also barberry (also about a handful). (I, of course, threw a little more).
Well, now it's time to fill up the water. Boiling water. Pour everything with it on top, salt the resulting mixture so that it tastes a little salty. Now we put our ribs here, put the garlic and, if the pepper is old and dry, you can put it too.
The resulting mixture is called zirvak. It's time to turn down the heat so that our zirvak boils slightly and leave it for 40 minutes.
After 40 minutes, put in the pepper, cook boiling water, rice and light the fire to full! Here you need to squeeze out the maximum.
It is important.
Rice flatten
And pour water on top. Slightly, about one and a half phalanx (strange unit). I just poured it through a slotted spoon, neatly.
A very high temperature, strong fire causes the liquid to boil quickly. Intense boiling raises the oil from the bottom of the cauldron to the top, and as it sinks back down, it envelops every grain of rice.
I gently stroke the rice with a slotted spoon, spreading it out, leveling it. At the same time, do not try to bite into the lower layers!
Water, of course, quickly boils away and a moment comes when the rice no longer crunches on the teeth, and the water boils somewhere below.
This point is very important. It so happens that you need to add a little water. Try not to overdo it.
But I'm fine here. It is necessary to reduce the fire to the very, very minimum and close the cauldron with a lid, but more tightly. Before that, I also sprinkled the rice on top with raisins - it won't hurt.
After 20-25 minutes, you can remove from heat and open. Admire!
Now you need to mix it all up. In the process, I spread the garlic, pepper, ribs on a separate plate.
Well, that seems to be all.
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To the table!