Baksh - a pilaf of the Jews of Bukhara

Hello friends and guests of the channel,

Weekends and bad weather are a great combination for a good dinner / lunch in a circle of warm company.

This time we came to visit and not empty-handed.

Let me introduce you to another work of art, namely,

Bakhsh, pilaf bakhsh - a dish of Central Asian and in particular the cuisine of Bukharian Jews, a kind of pilaf, a traditional pilaf of Bukharian Jews. The main difference between bakhsh pilaf and other types of pilaf is the absence of carrots among the ingredients and the presence of greens in it, which is why bakhsh is also called green pilaf.

As you already know me, I do not stop at the original, so in this case, I changed this dish a little and made green pilaf without liver and fat tail, and even added carrots (which are not in the original).

Ingredients:

Meat : lamb 2kg + beef 0.5kg

Onion - 2 heads (medium)

Rice Basmati - 1kg

Carrot - 0.5kg

Greens - cilantro, parsley, dill, basil

Vegetable oil - 70 ml.

Salt, pepper, cumin (zira), turmeric.

Recipe:

1. Pour vegetable oil into an Afghan cauldron or pressure cooker.

2. Cut the onion into feathers and throw into the cauldron

3. Meat cut into pieces of 3 cm. drop into a cauldron.

4. Add spices, close the lid and put on fire for 25 minutes (do not add liquid !!!)

5. While the meat is cooking, wash the rice, I chose Basmati rice and pour it with warm water.

6. Cut the carrots into strips

7. Finely chop the greens

8. 5 minutes before the meat is ready, drain the water from the rice and add greens to the rice and add spices.

9. 25 minutes have passed, we open the valves and release steam from the cauldron.

10. As soon as the steam has come out, you can open the lid of the cauldron and add carrots.

11. If the liquid that was formed from the renewal of the meat does not cover the carrots, you can add half a glass of hot water

12. After eating meat with carrots, add rice with herbs.

13. Close the lid and put on fire for 20 minutes

14. After 20 minutes, we release steam from the cauldron and invite everyone to the table.

BON APPETIT!!!

Follow the link to watch a video with another green pilaf recipe that I made

Link to video