Veal Palau (Rice)

Servings: up to 12 people (or if serving with other dishes then up to 18 people)

Ingredients:

• 3 lbs. veal stew
• 4 small onions
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 6 cloves of garlic (grounded)
• 3 tablespoons salt
• 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1-2 black cardamoms
• 1/4 teaspoon clove powder
• 1 teaspoon red chili powder
• 3 tablespoons plain yogurt
• 4 cups of Basmati rice

Directions:

In a pressure cooker, put the 3 lbs. of meat, all the spices, 1 small onion (peeled and cut into small pieces), the ground garlic and ginger, and 5 cups of water. Turn the heat onto medium, and put the pressure cooker lid on. When it starts whistling, turn the heat off after 10 minutes. Then let it settle for 10 minutes more, then take off the weight from the pressure cooker lid so all the steam comes out.
When there is no steam coming out, take off the lid carefully. Poke a knife into one of the meat pieces, if it feels soft but won't break apart, then it's ready for the next step. If it is still hard, cover the pressure cooker lid, put the heat on medium-high and do the same process as above but only leave it for 5 minutes when it starts whistling.

But it also depends on your meat, and how long it takes to get tender but won't break apart in your pressure cooker.

Wash and soak the rice, and put it aside.

Cut the rest of the onions (3), in to thin slices. Pour 1/2 cup cooking oil in a large sized deep pot, and fry the onions in the pot on medium-high until they become reddish-brown.

Use a spatula that has holes, and take out all the meat from the pressure cooker and put it into the pot.

Very carefully, mix the contents two times in the pot so that the meat won't break apart.






After 5 minutes, add in the yogurt, and mix everything 1-2 times again.

Add in the 1 whole green chili (optional).

Use the same cup you used for measuring the rice. For 4 cups of Basmati rice, you need 7 and 1/2 cups of soup/water. First measure the soup from the pressure cooker and put that in the pot and according to how many cups of soup you put in, you need to add in water into the pot to make it 7 and 1/2 cups total.
Example: there will be approximately 4 cups of soup in the pressure cooker, then you will need to add 3 and 1/2 cups of water into the pot.

Turn the heat onto high, taste the salt, and if you feel its less salt, then add a little bit more.

When it starts boiling, drain all the water from the rice and put the rice into the pot. Let it cook for 10-15 minutes, and mix gently 2 times during this.

After the 10-15 minutes, and there is a little moisture left in the pot. Turn the heat onto low, put the lid on and leave it for 10 minutes.

Then uncover the pot and let the steam leave for 5 minutes and then its ready to serve.