Beef Pilau

Ingredients

Cut the meat into cubes, wash, and boil in water containing 1 tsp each of ginger and garlic paste, 1 tsp of salt, tsp of black pepper, 1 grated tomato and 1 grated onion.
When the meat is tender, drain it and set aside. Keep the soup for cooking Pearl Rice.
On medium heat, place the sauce pan to heat. Once heated, add cooking oil.
Add all spices; cumin, cardamom, pepper, cinnamon and cloves. Once they splutter in the oil, add chopped onions.
Fry them until translucent while stirring them with a spoon. If you want darker pilau, fry the onions until they are dark and caramelized.
Add turmeric and coriander powder. Let them fry for a few minutes.
Add the garlic paste and a bit of chopped coriander. Stir.
Add the boiled meat, stir together for 2 minutes.
Add the soup set aside from boiling the meat and salt. Let the soup simmer and taste for the salt. Make sure you put enough salt because of the Pearl Rice that will soon follow.
Once the soup comes to a boil, add rice into it. Sprinkle a bit of coriander and stir a little.
Let it cook on high heat for about 3 minutes then reduce to the heat to medium. Let it cook on its own when covered.
Ensure to stir every now and then for the rice to cook evenly and perfectly.
Reduce the heat to the extreme low. Let it continue steaming for 5 minutes. Switch off the heat and serve with Kachumbari.