Sweet pilaf: how to cook it right?

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Do you want to please your household with something delicious? Then you should cook sweet pilaf for them. This is done in minutes and from the products that are in every refrigerator.

So, you have decided to cook sweet pilaf for the whole family. We fully approve of your choice. Now you need to prepare the following products:

• 150g butter;
• dried apricots, prunes, almonds and raisins (50 g each);
• half a glass of pomegranate juice;
• rice (best to take unpolished) - 1.5 cups;
• 2 tbsp. l sugar;
• 1 carambola (if you didn’t find it in the store, then it’s okay, you can do without it).

When all the ingredients are at hand, you can start cooking sweet pilaf. We take the indicated amount of rice and rinse it thoroughly with tap water. Then we find a medium-sized saucepan, fill it with water, add rice and boil it until half cooked. Now we need a cauldron (it is in it that sweet pilaf with raisins is usually prepared). But if you don’t have it at home, then a saucepan is quite suitable. We have to melt 100 g of butter. Then add rice to it. All this is thoroughly mixed.and close the lid tightly. We set the fire to a minimum. Stew the rice until the sweet pilaf is completely cooked. Stir it constantly so that the rice does not stick to the cauldron and does not burn.

Take another pan and melt the butter in it (the remaining 50 g). Add almonds, prunes, dried apricots and raisins in any order. We fry them a little to make our sweet pilaf tasty and fragrant.

In another saucepan we will prepare a syrup consisting of natural pomegranate juice, granulated sugar and carambola. We bring this mixture to a boil, and then cook for another 5 minutes. In the syrup, we must add fruits fried in butter. Mix all these ingredients well together. It remains to mix rice with fruit. That's all - delicious sweet pilaf is ready.

Despite the fact that pilaf with fruit is cooked quite quickly, you can significantly speed up this process. A modern electrical appliance called "multicooker" will come to your aid. You can cook sweet pilaf there in a matter of minutes.

From the products we need: onions, medium-sized carrots, rice, raisins and dried apricots. First, we take dried apricots and raisins, rinse thoroughly under the tap and soak for a while. Next, we proceed to the preparation of carrots and onions. It is best to grate the washed and peeled carrots, and cut the onions into small cubes. In the slow cooker, select the "meat" mode. Now it remains to pour 1 tsp of vegetable (unrefined) oil.

Vegetables slightlyfry. In parallel with this, we wash the rice (you can take steamed or long-grain). After washing, put it to the vegetables. Add water so that it covers the rice with vegetables.

Again we turn to the multicooker and set the “rice” mode on it. As for the cooking time, the best option would be 10 minutes. We tightly close our future pilaf with a lid, carefully move the valve to the desired position and turn on the device. After 10 minutes, the pilaf will be completely ready. But do not remove the cover immediately after the beep. Let the rice rest for at least 20 minutes. You can set the multicooker to keep warm. As you can see, this fragrant dish cooks very quickly.