Importance of Timing when Making Pilau Rice

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ALLEN DIWAN: Hi, my name is Allen Diwan and I'm the chef and owner of Kashmir Indian Restaurant in Budapest and we are here on behalf of Expert Village. And the next dish we're going to make is pilau rice. We're going to make Pilau Rice with Green Peas. In the meanwhile, have about--have some water ready as well with you because we want to use--we'll be using about a liter of water for about half a kilo of rice which has already been soaked. So, about half a kilo of rice that's already been soaked and strained from the water. This is--the importance--the important thing in this recipe is the timing. If you get your timing right, you'll just have perfect--perfectly cooked pilau rice because there's a--the whole process is split into two phases. The first phase needs the--needs to be on a very high heat and once that is achieved, then you need to take the heat down to very, very minimum heat and this--the timing of this is very important and I'll show you that in the moment, when it rise, to take down the heat.

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