I’ve never had a Kenyan or African dish. Followed this recipe complete just off the way the food looks. The food came out perfect and I’m more than impressed. Subscribed.
Thank you so much for trying the recipe and am glad you enjoyed it. Please try more of my other recipes on the channel. Asante sana { Thank you very much}
Sasa Wainaina, I saw this video last night and I made it today. You’ve made me a heroine in my household with this channel. My husband gets compliments at work for all the delicious meals he takes to work. This was by far the best pilau. Thank you for the simple ingredients and for simplifying these recipes so much that my 10 year old can make them. Keep going strong, we are here to support and cheer you on.
I tried this and it was absolutely yum. It was my first time making it and i didnt have all the spices . I had to pre boil my meat because our beef tends to be a bit tough and i didn't want to risk it. I liked it so much i went out and bought all the spices to make the masala...thank you.
My husband is American and has made many of your recipes as he loves cooking. He appreciates how easy you make your recipes and I benefit from it😜. Keep the recipes coming.❤️
(Larry's wife) My late mother, from low country South Carolina, taught me to make rice pulau as a teen. However. the recipe was basic with just onions and bell pepper. Cooking with spices was lost through the years of bondage. Even though my great grandfather became a rice farmer after Emancipation, there was no access to using these ingredients except for making fruit cake and sweet potato pies. I am so happy that there is now a way to enhance meals. Our diet still consists of the same foods, but without the spices. But I am slowing adapting how I season. thanks so much for the seasoning lessons and different ways to prepare meals. No more bland!
I just made this recipe and I’m sooooo in love! I’ve always wanted to learn how to perfect pilau and I did it this time following your recipe! So freaking good! Wow! Thank you for this!
Wow this is amazing. In the Caribbean we cook pelau (Trinidad and Tobago) 🇹🇹we use the process the burning the sugar to get that brown color and flavor.
I have eaten Pilau on more than one occation. Still yet this is the BEST looking Pilau - Iv'e seen. Tomorrow I plan to make it for dinner seeing that I will have to purchase the unique spices that you have that i don't have in my kitchen. ( Thanks a million ).
New Subbie from Canada mùndù wa nyùmba well done,you have revived our name we know how to cook without 20 litres of gathufu and waru🤣...Now my pilau will never be the same.
Never a dull moment in all your cooking!!! Thank you for the simple yet detailed explanations on all your recipes! I'm learning how to cook chapatis from you ..for the first time in over 50 years..😂. My kids will now be eating chapatis at home not when they go visit families and friends. You inspire me so thank you Chef and Happy Cooking!🥂
Thanks for yr recipe & u make it so easy..just 1 important concern the water is not in the recipe ingredients..just so we can remember to do it correctly always..it’s been my main worry to get the ratio correct right
Thanks so much Thembi for watching, yes had a glitch with sound at some point, working my way through it all. appreciate your and will definitely work on fixing it.
@@chefwainaina Thank you so much for starting the channel and sharing your treats. I appreciate the love and excellence in your technique! I feel like I'm learning how to cook the best version of your cuisine!💝 Keep going!🙌🏾🙌🏾
Hi Chef. From Canada. This pilau makes me hungry, I never thought of purchasing the whole spices, then heat it up and grind it. It must be so flavourful. Did you make the broth from scratch ? Or bought it? Can I use beef cubes instead? Thank you chef. Your recipes are appreciated.
Greetings from Boston!, thanks for your nice words, whole spices give you more fresher spices and you can make your own blends too. I make stocks from bones I save but you can also use store bought and yes you can use beef cubes too just be aware of their saltness.
Hi chef Wainaina, I am a new subscriber...your voice is very soothing reminds me of my favourite Kenyan law professor in a South African university in 2005...sigh, I was so young, bright eyed and bushy tailed then...🤭😊 New subscriber, trying to get my Kikuyu husband to like pilau, my favourite meal...but alas all spices are banned at the house and the jaluo wife laments.😂😂😂
@@chefwainaina Chef, if you ever travel to north central Florida, my husband and I will gladly offer to host your stay on our homestead, instead of staying at pricey hotels. And you wouldn’t need to cook! Just relax and visit Florida! Just a thought, if you are traveling.
thanks Chef for the recipe but my question is, is that meat really cooked tenderly for someone who cant eat hard meat? coz sometimes I get meat that doesn't cook fast or should I first boil my meat then fry them in oil?please advise..thanks
That's a fine looking pan of love and can't wait to try it. 😋. I've just subscribed and I've never eaten african food before but it looks like I'm going to be in the near future. 👍👌
why Im i watching this at 330 in the morning... in the middle of summer, as though the stores are still open and the pan is ready... and the fridge is empty?
Hi Chef. I'm new to your channel. Thank you so much for all the videos. Love them! I followed your recipe. At the end my rice was a bit too crunchy (for my young kids) and my pot was sticking so I put my rice in the oven on low heat to cook a little bit more. Ultimately, it was well cooked and very tasty but came out dry. What should I do different next time?
Thanks and welcome aboard, the general rule for cooking rice is to use 2:1 water to rice. If you your rice comes out crunchy or undercooked you can always splash it with some water and give it more time more time to finish cooking. Hopefully this works if ever needed. Thanks again.
I’ve never had a Kenyan or African dish. Followed this recipe complete just off the way the food looks. The food came out perfect and I’m more than impressed. Subscribed.
Thank you so much for trying the recipe and am glad you enjoyed it. Please try more of my other recipes on the channel. Asante sana { Thank you very much}
Sasa Wainaina, I saw this video last night and I made it today. You’ve made me a heroine in my household with this channel. My husband gets compliments at work for all the delicious meals he takes to work.
This was by far the best pilau. Thank you for the simple ingredients and for simplifying these recipes so much that my 10 year old can make them.
Keep going strong, we are here to support and cheer you on.
look so dèlicous
Thank you!!
I tried this and it was absolutely yum. It was my first time making it and i didnt have all the spices . I had to pre boil my meat because our beef tends to be a bit tough and i didn't want to risk it. I liked it so much i went out and bought all the spices to make the masala...thank you.
My husband is American and has made many of your recipes as he loves cooking. He appreciates how easy you make your recipes and I benefit from it😜. Keep the recipes coming.❤️
Thanks so much, glad to hear that. Will keep recipes coming.
This recipe was the BOMB!thank you Chef ..I am now the best pilau maker in my State here in the U.S
That tells me we are not in the same State 🤣
(Larry's wife) My late mother, from low country South Carolina, taught me to make rice pulau as a teen. However. the recipe was basic with just onions and bell pepper. Cooking with spices was lost through the years of bondage. Even though my great grandfather became a rice farmer after Emancipation, there was no access to using these ingredients except for making fruit cake and sweet potato pies. I am so happy that there is now a way to enhance meals. Our diet still consists of the same foods, but without the spices. But I am slowing adapting how I season. thanks so much for the seasoning lessons and different ways to prepare meals. No more bland!
Glad to hear this!
The perfect beef pilau. Very detailed explanation, I sure can try this now. Thanks for sharing
Thank you for your comment, appreciate it. I feel giving is important as it helps to follow the recipe.
I just made this recipe and I’m sooooo in love! I’ve always wanted to learn how to perfect pilau and I did it this time following your recipe! So freaking good! Wow! Thank you for this!
Wow this is amazing. In the Caribbean we cook pelau (Trinidad and Tobago) 🇹🇹we use the process the burning the sugar to get that brown color and flavor.
Correct, it's that African Influence but we made our own amazing version....by browning sugar and adding coconut milk and fresh seasonings.
Yes Sir, Pilau is we are also make in our house, and you are a great Chef, it's very delicious, God bless you, (Amin) love from Pakistan 😋😋🇵🇰💖👌
I have eaten Pilau on more than one occation. Still yet this is the BEST looking Pilau - Iv'e seen. Tomorrow I plan to make it for dinner seeing that I will have to purchase the unique spices that you have that i don't have in my kitchen. ( Thanks a million ).
You are an amazing chef. Your recipes are heavenly.. will certainly find time to cook this. So detailed and well explained thank you chef.
Thanks a lot 😊
I love rice pilau! My husband and I had some when we went to an African restaurant in Detroit. I’m gonna try this recipe. Thanks again chef! 🙏❤️
New Subbie from Canada mùndù wa nyùmba well done,you have revived our name we know how to cook without 20 litres of gathufu and waru🤣...Now my pilau will never be the same.
Asante sana , am glad you've got some tips and ideas.
Awesome recipe
Looks yum yum yummilicious
Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for visiting
I loved the point at which you folded the beef in. The pilau looks very delicious.
Thanks for watching, it's very delish.
Ooh pilau...its a perfect comfort food for me...delicious😋😋
Yes you do love pilau, and you are such a gifted cook.
Awesome! My mouth is watering just at the site of this meal. This pilau would go well with a few slices of chapati.
You are saving some marriages chef😂
I needed this recipe. Thankyou chef wainaina. Keep the recipes coming.
Thanks Nicholas, you got it, please try it and share the results with us here too 😋
Thank you for taking your time to post great Kenyan recipes
Best pilau recipe!!!! Coming back for a second time! First try was successful and my family enjoyed
Just found the channel afew minutes ago, I feel super blessed to have landed here!
hi Chef, from your intro alone I know I'm gonna enjoy being here. I just subscribed and il be back to finish watching, love it!
Thank you Rosslyn, welcome to my channel and hope you'll enjoy watching everything.
Thanks a lot for sharing this beautiful recipe. I was missing home, so I am making it for my family today.
Blessings to you brother.
Wow.. Great one chef. Will definitely try this one .God bless you and stay safe.
Thank you and blessings to you too, its worth trying .
Ma sha Allah tabaraka Rahmane 😍😘😍💖👏👏👏🤝🤝🤝
Never a dull moment in all your cooking!!!
Thank you for the simple yet detailed explanations on all your recipes! I'm learning how to cook chapatis from you ..for the first time in over 50 years..😂. My kids will now be eating chapatis at home not when they go visit families and friends. You inspire me so thank you Chef and Happy Cooking!🥂
You welcome Matilda, so happy for you. Keep cooking and enjoying your happy meals.
Amizing food i love it go on my friend,s you done supper food🇨🇭👍
Hello, today I'm the first one to comment.Wainaina the best chef👍👍👎 I always love your recipe kudos
Thank you so much for watching, kudos to you too for being the first one to watch the video 👏🏿👏🏿👍🏿👍🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
I promise to be a good chef because of your procedure....I like your english
Thank you! 😃
I make my own pilau spice... toast them using thermomix. 👌
I have tried out your recipes and they were awesome.
This is just one that I really love
Happy to hear that!
😊
I got to this channel late but I tried it today and it's yummy
Thank you chef
Waoòh I love the details. Well cooked.
Thank you Mercy, I make sure to give as much as I can, it's important to me.
I tried last night for dinner wow wow it's really delicious thank you for teach us how to Cook delicious food
Glad you liked it
I love how you prepare your food it's easy to follow all the steps and prepare to some food
Glad you enjoy it!
Ur the best chef i love it
Wow I am Hunger now. I Like this
The best chef ever spectacular wonderful bravo😊😊🎉
Thank you so much 😀
Shikamoo Njomba, lovely video.. Asante Sana
Thanks for yr recipe & u make it so easy..just 1 important concern the water is not in the recipe ingredients..just so we can remember to do it correctly always..it’s been my main worry to get the ratio correct right
Yes, you are right
Thanks chef this looks so scrumptious! The sound goes a bit low when you turn away from the camera. Looking forward to the next vid!💗🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Thanks so much Thembi for watching, yes had a glitch with sound at some point, working my way through it all. appreciate your and will definitely work on fixing it.
@@chefwainaina Thank you so much for starting the channel and sharing your treats. I appreciate the love and excellence in your technique! I feel like I'm learning how to cook the best version of your cuisine!💝 Keep going!🙌🏾🙌🏾
Hi Chef. From Canada. This pilau makes me hungry, I never thought of purchasing the whole spices, then heat it up and grind it. It must be so flavourful. Did you make the broth from scratch ? Or bought it? Can I use beef cubes instead? Thank you chef. Your recipes are appreciated.
Greetings from Boston!, thanks for your nice words, whole spices give you more fresher spices and you can make your own blends too. I make stocks from bones I save but you can also use store bought and yes you can use beef cubes too just be aware of their saltness.
Yes. 😂 am following your recipe for the birthday party tomorrow
Thanks chef for posting this. Very detailed instructions.
I love the african beats😍😍
Thank you, setting the mood.
Hi chef Wainaina, I am a new subscriber...your voice is very soothing reminds me of my favourite Kenyan law professor in a South African university in 2005...sigh, I was so young, bright eyed and bushy tailed then...🤭😊 New subscriber, trying to get my Kikuyu husband to like pilau, my favourite meal...but alas all spices are banned at the house and the jaluo wife laments.😂😂😂
I love the recipe but my mother is whispering for yonder dice those onions fine.
Great work Mheshimiwa. I will definitely try this!
Hope you like it!, asante sana.
Thank u so much chef Wainana, my rice turned out perfect😊
Awesome! Something I will definitely try
Thank you chef wanaina!
You are an inspiration for our young man, I Always watch your Delicious and Beautiful recipes.
Thank you so much, you guys inspire me as much too.
Thanks chef the way you cooked this pilau even me i cook like that so yummy and delicious keep it up chef
You ARE an inspiration to us! Thank you, Chef.
Thank you! Isabeau, am humbled and at the same time inspired too, to share more.
@@chefwainaina Chef, if you ever travel to north central Florida, my husband and I will gladly offer to host your stay on our homestead, instead of staying at pricey hotels. And you wouldn’t need to cook! Just relax and visit Florida! Just a thought, if you are traveling.
Thanks Mr chef...now am soughted
Fantastic video.. Will try it out!
Looks delicious although Mombasa we don't use soy sause and dania
Good morning Chef
Would you kindly tell me what the spices entails that you grounded together
Your pilau is mouth watering
thanks Chef for the recipe but my question is, is that meat really cooked tenderly for someone who cant eat hard meat? coz sometimes I get meat that doesn't cook fast or should I first boil my meat then fry them in oil?please advise..thanks
You welcome, I used tender cut of beef which doesn't require long cooking time. You can stew the beef until almost cooked and then add your rice.
@@chefwainaina thanks alot Chef, i appreciate.will definately do that..
Impressive my Dear. You are a great cook and teacher 😃
This absolutely good. I found this channel today and I am loving it already
Thank you so much, hope to more more content as the channel grows. Stay connected.
Wow. Yummy in my tummy . I will try this receipe of yours . 😋😋😋😋😋😍😍😍❤️🙏🏽
Thanks Wendy, its such a delicious recipe and am sure you'll enjoy it.
Just found your channel,I will be following you.
Thank you chef, making this for my family for Christmas
Good cooking looks yummy 😋😋😋
Thank you so much
I love pilau with kachumbari.
I'm going to try this🙏🙏🙏, it looks delicious
We somalis always eat pilau rice with banana 🍚+🍌=😋yummy
Yes our pilau must be accompanied with a mos
I tried that once and was in love. I can’t cook pilau without stocking up on bananas
That's a fine looking pan of love and can't wait to try it. 😋. I've just subscribed and I've never eaten african food before but it looks like I'm going to be in the near future. 👍👌
Thanks for subbing!
Thank you so much for this recipe
Most welcome 😊
For sure I should try this
Yummy
Yummy pilau, however not sure about the soya sauce and Worchester sauce but will try it
Hope you enjoy
What can i say! Amazing recipes enjoying them here in the burgh! Reminds me of Nairobi
Glad you like them!
Thanks chef 👩🏼🍳 Apsolutely lovely
Love your recipes 🌷💕
Perfect pilao thanks chef👌🏻❤️
Nice. Thanks for teaching us this pilau
My pleasure 😊
Well informative.kudos chef wainaina.
Thanks so much Josh
It looks lovely!....yummy!
Thank you Anne Marie
Salivary delicious dish 😋😋😋
Thank you for watching , please remember to subscribe if not yet.
Very Yummy ...😋
Goodcooking
Thank you Josephine!
I knew how to cook chapati from this guy
Watching from uk so yummy
Subscribed watching in MN. Bless 🇰🇪
Wow so nice wainaina can you give names ya spices 👍
New subscriber here.. enjoying the simple recipes.
Hello chef. Thanks for another yummy recipe. But chef, don't you like to use potatoes in your nice pilau?
You welcome, no worries potatoes are coming soon.
You are good at your work 👌🙏
Thank you! Cheers!
The best Chef!
Wow God Bless Your Work
Spices Name Kindly??
Wow! Thanks Chef
I luv ur videos,I tried them work well,do you trust supermarkets packaging the meat safely enough for cooking? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN HERE.
I do!, but its still up to you to make sure of what you are buying and where.
This looks so good
mouth watering Sir
Congratulations cheff Wainana ✅
why Im i watching this at 330 in the morning... in the middle of summer, as though the stores are still open and the pan is ready... and the fridge is empty?
Hi Chef. I'm new to your channel. Thank you so much for all the videos. Love them! I followed your recipe. At the end my rice was a bit too crunchy (for my young kids) and my pot was sticking so I put my rice in the oven on low heat to cook a little bit more. Ultimately, it was well cooked and very tasty but came out dry. What should I do different next time?
Thanks and welcome aboard, the general rule for cooking rice is to use 2:1 water to rice. If you your rice comes out crunchy or undercooked you can always splash it with some water and give it more time more time to finish cooking.
Hopefully this works if ever needed. Thanks again.
@@chefwainaina Thanks Chef. I appreciate it
Wowoo nice pilau 🥰
Asante sana bro