Pilau Mauricien

What we know so far

Pilau, pulao or simply "plot" is the Sunday and picnic rice of Mauritius, and the plate that shows the island's mix better than any other: basmati rice turned yellow with turmeric and scented with cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and cumin from the Indian kitchen, cooked with chicken, Chinese or Creole sausages, sometimes bacon or potatoes, and studded with whole boiled eggs that are browned in the pan first. It is a cousin of the briani but faster and looser, made in a wok, layered and steamed for a few minutes so the flavours meet, then stirred through before serving with satini pommes d'amour, the tomato chutney.

The draft was written from 3 published sources and holds 13 ingredients and 6 steps. It has never been cooked by anybody at AFN, which is why it is waiting.

What claiming it means

1. Cook it the way you actually make it. Change anything in our draft that is wrong, and most of it probably is.
2. Photograph your own, so the page carries a real picture instead of somebody else's.
3. Send it in. An editor reads it, and it publishes with your name on it and a link to your profile.

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