Pilau ya nyama

  • Lactose free
  • Gluten free

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

  • Good for lunch

Less suited for dinner.

East African rice with beef, cardamom, cumin and cloves; one main dish without a separate side.

6 servingsFinal yield 2,200 g

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Ingredients

  • 500 gRice, white, long-grain, regular, raw, unenriched
  • 600 gBeef, chuck, arm pot roast, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, raw
  • 300 gOnions, raw
  • 5 gSpices, cardamom
  • 6 gSpices, cumin seed
  • 2 gSpices, cloves, ground
  • 35 gOil, olive, salad or cooking
  • 950 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking
  • 5 gSalt, table

Method

  1. Cut beef into 3 cm cubes and chop onion. Fry onion in oil for 8 minutes at 175 °C, then add cardamom, cumin and cloves for 1 minute.
  2. Add beef, 500 g water and salt. Braise covered for 35 minutes at 90 °C until meat is tender.
  3. Add rinsed rice and the remaining 450 g water. Cook covered for 20 minutes at 90 °C and rest for 8 minutes.
  4. Fluff the rice and divide beef pilau into six portions.

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Nutrition

Calculated from the selected ingredients; not a laboratory measurement.

Whole recipe

Energy
3,791.9 kcal
Protein
155.5 g
Fat
152 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
435.2 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
14.3 g
Saturated fatty acids
51 g
Sodium
2,408.1 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
6 g

Per serving

Energy from macronutrients
Protein: 25.9 g, 17%Fat: 25.3 g, 36%Total carbohydrate (by difference): 72.5 g, 47%632 kcalper serving
  • Protein25.9 g17%
  • Fat25.3 g36%
  • Total carbohydrate (by difference)72.5 g47%

Share of energy from protein, fat and carbohydrate (4 / 9 / 4 kcal per g), not share by weight.

Energy
632 kcal
Protein
25.9 g
Fat
25.3 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
72.5 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
2.4 g
Saturated fatty acids
8.5 g
Sodium
401.4 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
1 g

Per 100 g of finished food

Energy
172.4 kcal
Protein
7.1 g
Fat
6.9 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
19.8 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
0.65 g
Saturated fatty acids
2.3 g
Sodium
109.5 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
0.27 g

Salt is calculated from sodium (g salt = mg sodium × 2.5 / 1000) and includes sodium from all ingredients.

A dash means the value is unknown, not zero.

Calculation limitations

  • Nutrition is a calculated estimate, not a laboratory measurement.
  • The final yield is an editorial estimate.
  • The number of servings is an editorial estimate (midpoint of the source range or based on the dish type and energy).
  • Fibre, saturated fat and sodium of cooked ingredients are estimated from the consumed ingredient amounts; for drained ingredients, sodium is included only where the retained amount is an explicit editorial estimate.
  • Some process effects could not be resolved in this calculation.

Allergens

Contains none of the 14 main allergens.

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

Food data sources

  • USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA Agricultural Research Service, FoodData Central SR Legacy. · CC0 1.0 Universal