Sweet pilaf is a traditional and very popular dish of Armenian cuisine, which came to us from the East. In comparison with a meat dish, it turns out not less tasty - each pilaf is good in own way. This delicacy is ideal for vegetarians, as well as for all those who stand fast. Dried fruits for making pilaf can be used absolutely any. Let's not waste time with you, and learn some original recipes for this amazing meal.
Sweet pilaf in a pumpkin
Ingredients:
- small pumpkin - 1 piece;
- pear - 1 piece;
- raisins - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- rice - 0,5 items;
- lemon - 0,5 pieces;
- nutmeg - pinch;
- Vanillin - to taste;
- fruit syrup - if desired.
Preparation
Rice boil until half cooked and leave to cool. Pumpkin carefully, carefully and evenly cut off the lid, spoon remove streaks and seeds. Sharp knife cut part of the pulp - so as not to damage the walls. Raisins are washed, mixed with rice and pear, cut into small cubes. Then add to the pilaf chopped finely squeezed pulp and, if desired, a sweetener. Sprinkle all the lemon juice, sprinkle with spices and mix.
After this, tightly stuff the pumpkin with a sweet plov, cover it with the same lid, wrap it in foil and bake for about 30-40 minutes at 180 degrees. Then we open the foil a little, and keep the pumpkin in the oven for another 10 minutes. The dish will be completely ready when the pumpkin lid is browned and it will be easy to poke a knife. We serve a dish in a pumpkin hot or cold, neatly cutting, like a pie, into pieces.
Sweet pilaf in Azerbaijani style
Ingredients:
- dried apricots - 100 g;
- raisins - 100 g;
- nuts - 100 g;
- butter;
- rice - 1 item;
- water - 2 items;
- flour;
- saffron.
Preparation
Rice thoroughly washed and for 5 hours soaked in warm salted water. Then in a large saucepan bring to a boil water, salt, then throw it into the rump. Cook rice until half cooked.
This time, from flour and water we make the usual primitive dough and roll it into a pancake. Cooked rice is thrown into a colander and immediately poured with steep boiling water to wash off the remains of starch from it.
We lubricate the bottom of a deep saucepan with butter, put a pancake on the bottom, spread the rice on the bottom, cover it with a lid and bring it on to the smallest fire until it is ready.
While rice is languishing, wrap nuts, dried apricots, raisins and a slice of oil in a foil. Prepared in this way, "twist" we put in a pan with rice and leave for 30 minutes.
And while we are dealing with you cooking saffron: rubbing a pinch of spices in a mortar, pour steep boiling water and let it brew. Now open the saucepan, pour with melted butter and cooked saffron. Again, close and stand for another 10 minutes. That's all, pilaf is ready! Dry and crumbly rice put the slide into a large dish, from the "twist" we pour out all the contents and decorate the dried fruits with pilaf.
Recipe for sweet pilaf with dried fruits
Ingredients:
- rice - 3 items;
- dried apricots - 100 g;
- prunes - 100 g;
- butter - 100 g;
- sugar and salt - to taste.
Preparation
Let's analyze another option, how to cook sweet pilaf? Dried fruits are washed, dried apricots are sliced. Rice is also washed and soaked for several hours. In a thick saucepan, melt the butter and fry the rice on it for about 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Then pour it with hot water, add salt to taste, mix rice with dried fruits, add 2 tbsp. spoonfuls of sugar and stew for 30 minutes on a slow flame, without interfering.
Recipe for sweet pilaf with raisins
Ingredients:
- raisins - 100 g;
- rice - 2 items;
- water - 4 items;
- dried apricots - 100 g;
- sugar - to taste;
- apple - 1 piece;
- cinnamon.
Preparation
In the capacity of the multivarka we put oil, pre-washed dried fruit and sliced apple. Sprinkle everything to taste with sugar and fry for 20 minutes on the "Baking" mode. After the ready signal, we add the washed rice, fill it with water and prepare the dish in the "Plov" mode until it is ready. If desired, in a sweet pilaf with apples, you can add a pumpkin or pear. Our pilaf is ready in the multivariate !