This masala is mainly for pilau, but it can be used in many other dishes like samusa, Nyama choma (bbq) etc.
Ingredients
- 1½ tbsp Cumin
- 1 tbsp Cardamon
- ½ tsp Black pepper
- ½ tsp Cinnamon
- ½ tsp Cloves
Preparations
- Mix all the spices well. Add a portion of the mixture (to taste) to the rice or according to recipe, then store the unused in a dry place.
[...] masala (2-3 tbsp) – Zenna uses pre-mixed masala, but you can make your own using 1.5 tbsp cumin, 1 tbsp cardamom, 0.5 tsp black pepper, 0.5 tsp cinnamon, and 0.5 tsp cloves. [...]
[...] Here in Nairobi, you can find the pilau spice mixture at practically any grocery store or market, but you can make it at home as well.
I do have a recipe for simple pilau and kachumbari here. One can buy already mixed pilau masala’s all over East Africa. I have this recipe here for people who live abroad.
Thanks so much dada Miriam.I was thinking of how i could cook pilau without masala but now i can after what u gave us on this site.,
Napenda pilau na
vyakula zote za njakyubani nina miaka kumi sijakula pilau sijui kuipika na hakuna hoteli inaipika karibu je nifanye aje?
[...] I said on the video, traditionally, we start to sauté onions, then garlic, and ginger, then pilau masala then Rise, but, it uses a lot of oil; to help use less oil, I have started with rice first and [...]
[...] Recipe for Pilau Masala from A Taste of Tanzania blog: “This masala is mainly for pilau, but it can be used in many other dishes like samusa, Nyama choma (bbq) etc.” Tweet [...]
Dada Ongera sana site imetulia sana. ma tamu tamu mpaka sweden /one luve
To: Malik,
Thank you and stay blessed
Mingi love
Miriam Rose
du safi sr rose nilikuwa sijui kupika hilo pilau du linanoga!!!!
Miriam,
Thanks. Do you Sambusa and Kababu recipies.
Great Job.
Diana
Diana,
I do have the above recipes, I will post them soon. Welcome again in two weeks, I should have atleast one recipe here.
Miriam Rose
Luihamu,
Asante sana ndugu yangu.
Dodo,
If you have sprouts store in your area then you will get cardamom. But I would buy the seeds without the shell, then I would grind using a coffee grinder. Buying cardamom powder is a very bad idea, it never taste like cardamom
Hi there,
Thanks for posting this. However, I’d like to know pilau masala recalls ground spices. I’ve never seen ground cardamon or ground cloves.
I’m from Burundi so I’m not really familiar with this but i’d like to try to cook pilau.
Thanks again.
Da Mariam za siku.Hongera kwa kutengeneza site nzuri.
amani.