Azerbaijani Pilaf with Raisins

Azerbaijani pilaf with raisins recipe
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Cooking time: 45 min

Recipe yield: 4 servings

Azerbaijani Pilaf with Raisins Recipe

Azerbaijani pilaf with raisins is one of the recipes for sweet pilaf. This pilaf is cooked according to a traditional recipe of Azerbaijani cuisine; the recipe for such pilaf does not include meat, but, nevertheless, pilaf with raisins turns out to be very tasty.

Azerbaijani Pilaf with Raisins Recipe Ingredients

Rice
2
cups
Raisins
100
g
Ghee
0.5
cup
Butter
2
tbsp

Azerbaijani Pilaf with Raisins Cooking Recipe

Pilaf with raisins can be cooked according to this recipe from Azerbaijani cuisine. First you need to cook the rice for the pilaf. Pour boiling water over the sorted and washed rice for 10-15 minutes. Then transfer the rice to a pan of boiling water and cook until done.

Separately, heat the ghee, put boiled rice in it, mix with the ghee, cover tightly and fry over low heat for 25-30 minutes.

Sort the raisins, rinse, add water. When the raisins swell, fry them in butter.

When serving Azerbaijani pilaf with raisins, put a piece of butter on a plate, cover with rice, and place fried raisins on top.