Ingredients you will need to make Lamb Rice Pilaf Recipe:
1½ – 2 lb Lamb sirloin or good quality Lamb(I used Lamb Round Top from Costco)
2 medium onions, sliced
5 medium carrots, peeled & julienned
2½ cup Basmati rice, washed
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
2 teaspoon kosher salt, more if needed
1 teaspoon ground cumin, divided
½ teaspoon saffron
1 whole garlic, top cut off
black pepper, to taste
5 cups water
How to make Lamb Plov
Step One
Get all of the ingredients ready by cutting 2 lb beef into 1 inch cubes, slicing 2 onions and julienning 5 carrots.
Step Two
Pour ½ cup olive oil into your dutch oven and heat on medium/high heat until it is super hot. Carefully add 2lb cubed steak, and cook until browned about 7-10 minutes, stirring few times.
Step Three
Now, add 2 sliced onions, ½ teaspoon ground cumin, 2 teaspoons kosher salt and black pepper to taste. Stir and cook on medium/high, until onion is cooked thru about 10 minutes. Add 5 julienned carrots, ½ teaspoon ground cumin and ½ teaspoon saffron. Mix and cook until carrots are cooked thru about 5 -7 minutes, stirring few times.
Step Four
Pour 5 cups of water, bring it to a boil, cover and simmer on low for about 4o minutes or until meat is tender. Then add 2½ rice and 1 whole garlic. Bring it to a boil. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cover and simmer on low until rice is cooked thru, about 30 minutes.
Step Five
Serve warm with Crazy Delicious Greek Salad or Loaded & Baked Eggplants. Grab a fork and enjoy!
1½ - 2 lb Lamb sirloin or good quality Lamb (I used lamb Round Top from Costco)
2 medium onions, sliced
5 medium carrots, peeled & julienned
2½ cup Basmati rice, washed
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
2 teaspoon kosher salt, more if needed
1 teaspoon ground cumin, divided
½ teaspoon saffron
1 whole garlic, top cut off
black pepper, to taste
5 cups water
Instructions
Get all of the ingredients ready by cutting 2 lb Lamb into 1 inch cubes, slicing 2 onions and julienning 5 carrots.
Pour ½ cup olive oil into your dutch oven and heat on medium/high heat until it is super hot. Carefully add 2lb cubed Lamb and cook until browned about 7-10 minutes, stirring few times.
Now, add 2 sliced onions, ½ teaspoon ground cumin, 2 teaspoons kosher salt and black pepper to taste. Stir and cook on medium/high, until onion is cooked thru about 10 minutes.
Add 5 julienned carrots, ½ teaspoon ground cumin and ½ teaspoon saffron. Mix and cook until carrots are cooked thru about 5 -7 minutes, stirring few times.
Pour 5 cups of water, bring it to a boil, cover and simmer on low for about 4o minutes or until meat is tender.
Then add 2½ rice and 1 whole garlic. Bring it to a boil. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cover and simmer on low until rice is cooked thru, about 30 minutes. Serve warm with Crazy Delicious Greek Salad or Loaded & Baked Eggplants. Grab a fork and enjoy!
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