Khan pilaf

Azerbaijani cuisine surprises with its flavor! Try it! Khan pilaf is a dish of Azerbaijani cuisine, spicy, fragrant, unusual. When cooking rice, water should be taken in a ratio of 1:5, salt should not be spared - rice will not absorb too much. Rose water is not a mandatory ingredient, you can just take more milk. Depending on the type of flour, you may need more or less, you need to focus on the elasticity of the dough, it should not stick to your hands. The ingredients in the recipe are designed for a large company.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 9 % 2 g
Fats 9 % 2 g
Carbohydrates 83 % 19 g
103 kcal
GI: 0 / 68 / 32

Cooking method

Cooking time: 4H

1. Pour the rice into a bowl, add salt, pour fresh water heated to 60 degrees, leave for half an hour, then rinse under running water so that the starch comes off.

2. Meanwhile, prepare the dough: put the egg yolks in a bowl, pour the melted butter, rose water and warm milk here, add honey, as well as a pinch of salt, beat all the ingredients until smooth.

3. Pour flour into the resulting mixture, grind saffron in a mortar, pour boiling water (100 ml), pour part into the dough, and leave part for rice. Knead the dough, it should be elastic, not stick to your hands. We pack the dough in plastic wrap and send it to the refrigerator for half an hour.

4. After the specified time, we spread the dough on the work surface sprinkled with flour, roll out the dough into a thin round layer, lubricate the mold with butter, spread the dough into it.

5. In rapidly boiling salted water, we spread the washed rice, wait for re-boiling, after which we immediately scoop out the rice with a sieve and put it in a colander.

6. Immediately, with the help of a slotted spoon, we shift the rice into the prepared form with the dough, in no case do we tamp it. Here we also add orange zest, dried fruits and nuts, mix gently, pour everything with melted butter and the remaining brewed saffron.

7. We close the contents of the mold with the dough and send it to the oven preheated to 150 degrees and bake for 2 hours.

We carefully remove the finished pilaf from the mold and serve it on the table.

Bon appetit to you! 

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Whole cow's milk - 68   kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.5% fat content - 64   kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.2% fat content - 60   kcal/100g
  • Milk 1.5% fat content - 47   kcal/100g
  • Concentrated milk 7.5% fat content - 140   kcal/100g
  • Milk 2.5% fat content - 54   kcal/100g
  • Raw wild rice - 353   kcal/100g
  • Brown raw rice - 360   kcal/100g
  • Boiled brown rice - 119   kcal/100g
  • White fortified raw rice - 363   kcal/100g
  • Fortified boiled white rice - 109   kcal/100g
  • White rice, steamed, with long grains raw - 369   kcal/100g
  • Steamed white rice, boiled with long grains - 106   kcal/100g
  • Instant dry rice - 374   kcal/100g
  • Instant rice, ready to eat - 109   kcal/100g
  • Fig - 344   kcal/100g
  • Honey - 400   kcal/100g
  • Saffron - 310   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour fortified - 333   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour, universal - 364   kcal/100g
  • Flour krupchatka - 348   kcal/100g
  • Flour - 325   kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Orange peel - 97   kcal/100g
  • Egg yolks - 352   kcal/100g
  • Dried fruit mixture - 250   kcal/100g

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