Plov is not only delicious, but alsoa healthy traditional oriental dish, the preparation of which requires certain knowledge and skills. The main ingredient of this dish is rice, rich in starch, fiber and riboflavin, due to which the exchange of amino acids in the body occurs. Currently, pilaf is popular in many countries: in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Turkey, Tatarstan and, of course, in Russia. Any self-respecting cook should be able to cook pilaf, and there are a great many recipes for its preparation: with lamb, chicken, vegetables. We are all more accustomed to cooking and eating traditional pilaf with lamb or chicken, but there is a recipe for pilaf in which you do not need to add meat - this is pilaf with dried fruits. Sweet pilaf will seem strange and unusual to many people, but, nevertheless, this dish has found its fans, especially vegetarians, healthy eating enthusiasts and children. Thus, sweet pilaf is a good alternative to meat.

The recipe for sweet pilaf

We will need the following ingredients:

• Raisins - 50 g;
• Mix of dried fruits - 50 g;
• Dried apricots — 10 pcs.;
• Apple - 1 pc.;
• Rice - 1 cup;
• Carrot - 1 pc.;
• Butter - 2 tbsp;
• Salt - to taste.

First of all, you should wash the raisins, dried apricots anddried fruits. Then cut the apple, carrot and dried apricots into thin strips. Place a cauldron or a frying pan with thick walls on the fire, heat it up, put butter in it. Then put the chopped carrots in, fry them, and then add the dried fruits, apples and fry everything for 6 minutes. For sweet pilaf, it is recommended to use long-grain and steamed rice. Rinse the rice thoroughly and put it in with the fried vegetables and fruits. Make a hole in the rice layer and pour hot water in it, cover with a lid. Simmer the pilaf under the lid until the rice is ready. But you need to make sure that the vegetables and fruits lying at the bottom do not burn. After the rice is ready, you can mix it with the rest of the contents of the frying pan. Walnuts or almonds will make the pilaf more satisfying. Place the finished sweet pilaf on a plate and decorate with apple slices, mint leaves, powdered sugar or coconut flakes. Those with a sweet tooth will appreciate it if the pilaf is topped with chocolate, vanilla, caramel or honey sauce. Thus, the recipe can be supplemented with sweets as desired.

The recipe for cooking pilaf in a multivariate

Nowadays, many modern housewives cannotimagine your life without the wonders of modern technology: food processors, microwave ovens, blenders, steamers, dishwashers. Multicookers are among them. Therefore, recipes for dishes designed specifically for cooking in a multicooker began to be created. And sweet pilaf is no exception. Any multicooker with a pilaf cooking mode is suitable for cooking. The recipe implies the presence of almost the same ingredients as in the first recipe. We will need:

• Steamed rice - 2 cups;
• Raisins - 60 g;
• Dried apricots - 60 g;
• Butter - 70 g;
• Water - 2 glasses;
• Salt and sugar.

First of all, raisins and dried apricots must be carefullyrinse with water, load into a multicooker greased with butter, add salt, sugar to taste and turn on the baking mode for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, rinse the rice and after these 20 minutes, add it to the multicooker with dried fruits. Fill the resulting mixture with water, stir and set to cook on the pilaf cooking mode. Now all that remains is to take our dish out of the multicooker after a certain time and enjoy its wonderful taste. If desired, you can add other dried fruits and fruits to the sweet pilaf, as in the first recipe. Sweet pilaf prepared according to such recipes is especially liked by children, as it is unusually tasty, beautiful and, moreover, healthy. But for meat lovers, there is also a recipe for sweet pilaf. Here is its recipe.

The recipe for sweet pilaf with meat

To prepare sweet pilaf with meat we will need:

• Rice - 800 g;
• Carrots - 500 g;
• Lamb - 500 g;
• Vegetable oil - 300 g;
• Onions - 100 g;
• Ground pepper, salt - to taste;
• Raisins - 150 g;
• Honey - 150 g.

Cut the meat into small pieces and place onpreheated frying pan with hot oil and fry. Chop the onion and carrot into thin strips, add to the meat and fry. After frying, transfer the meat with vegetables to a preheated cauldron, pour hot water there, salt, pepper, add spices and bring to a boil. Rinse the rice, put it in the cauldron on top of the meat with vegetables, level it and simmer until the liquid is absorbed into the rice. Then make indentations in the rice layer, pour 2 tablespoons of boiling water into them, cover with a lid and cook over low heat until the rice is ready. Put the pilaf on the dish in the following order. Rice should be on the bottom, meat with vegetables on top. Pour the sweet filling over the prepared dish. To prepare the filling, mix honey with hot water in equal proportions. Add raisins to the prepared syrup and boil for about 10 minutes. Cooking delicious pilaf can be called an art. The key to success in this matter is to follow the sequence of adding ingredients. Sweet pilaf is a wonderful dish that is suitable for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This dish is especially loved by fans of healthy eating, vegetarians and children, even the most picky eaters. The main difference between sweet pilaf and traditional pilaf is that you can add various fruits: apples, strawberries, plums, pears, raisins. Such a dish will decorate your table and will pleasantly surprise your guests. Enjoy your meal!

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