We have a guest from Turkmenistan today. Coming up with a dish from Turkmenistan, right?
NARCAN: Yes. CEM? What will you cook? NARCAN: I'll cook palaw. CEM: Palaw. Turkmen pilaf...
Why did you form such a hill in there?
Does it have a particular use or meaning?
It looks like you're building aeration chimneys.
You see? Rice are sprinkling out of them.
I've never seen such a thing before.
Hello and welcome to Chef My Guest.
Today our guest is NARCAN from Turkmenistan.
CEM: Welcome! NARCAN: Thank you!
You will prepare a dish from Turkmenistan for us, right?
NARCAN: Yes. CEM: What is it gonna be? NARCAN: I will cook palaw. CEM: Palaw. Turkmen pilaf...
NARCAN: Yes, Turkmen pilaf. CEM: Can you tell us what's special about it?
I mean, what does it contain?
CEM: What kind of ingredients are there in it?.. NARCAN: It's a famous dish of our country. CEM: Famous dish...
NARCAN: I'll fry the beef in this pan. CEM: Okay!
ALPAY: We made a quick start, CEM. CEM: Yes. A very quick one!
ALPAY: Our fastest opening so far. CEM: Indeed!
It looks wonderful.
First, go to your butcher to do this...
...and get some meat loafs. We should not have them chopped, right?
We bought a whole meat loaf.
About half a kilogram.
CEM: We sliced it ourselves... NARCAN: Yes.
...into 5-6 pieces.
Each slice should be about 2 cm thick, right?
And we started with frying those slices first.
On the other hand...
...our rice is getting softer soaked into hot water.
We soaked about a kilogram of rice in pre-boiled hot water.
CEM: The onions and the carrots... NARCAN: They will go together at the same time.
CEM: They will go together into this pot, as I understand. NARCAN: Yes.
CEM: Well... For how long do they have to keep cooking like that?
NARCAN: About like 15 minutes...
We can add the rice, now that our carrots are done cooking...
CEM: 1 kilogram of rice, washed, cooked and soaked in hot water... NARCAN: Need to be soaked in hot water.
CEM: For how long do they need to be soaked? About half an hour? NARCAN: Yes.
Rice soaked in pre-boiled water... goes into the pot...
I guess we are adding some more water on it...
Is there a particular measure for the water added or?..
CEM: Are you just adding enough to top the ingredients? NARCAN: Yes, it's just enough when the water tops it.
NARCAN: It's because the rice was already soaked in hot water. CEM: Alright.
The water tops the ingredients just a little bit.
NARCAN, you have added some water to top the ingredients after the addition of rice in the pot...
How long more does it need to cook from now on?
NARCAN: 15-20 minutes more or less. CEM: Okay.
NARCAN: Rice will absorb the water now. After that, we will pile them up together...
...and then we will let it cook in very low heat for a little while more.
NARCAN: That makes it tastier. CEM: The pot will be uncovered all along? NARCAN: Yes.
NARCAN moved the pot onto low heat.
CEM: Because the rice absorbed the water, right? NARCAN: Yes.
Why did you form such a hill in there?
Does it have a particular use or a meaning?
NARCAN: I'm putting them to rest like that.
NARCAN: Then I'm gonna make holes on it.
CEM: It seems like preparing this dish takes a lot of tricks.
CEM: Not only one..
CEM: Let's see... It seems like you are building aeration chimneys.
CEM: Look! Rice are sprinkling out of them!
CEM: I've never seen something like that before.
CEM: By doing this, do you ensure that steam infiltrates into the inner layers of rice? NARCAN: Yes.
You got the answer to your recent question, ALPAY.
What did you ask: "There's a kilo of rice in there, and how does it all get to cook? Any special way?" -YES.
Here it is. People have been exploring scientific methods when they are cooking. See that?
That's it... If you are making a huge pot of pilaf like this...
...this is the way. You need to add water to top it...
...and then, when the rice absorbs the water...
...when it still has some water content though...
...we make a small hill of rice... then make some holes on it.
Then, we let what water is left boil through the holes and cover the pot with its lid.
Thus... The pilaf gets to be cooked homogeneously at every point. Isn't it so?
ALPAY: I'm not sure if we can generalize this for every type of pilaf...
I think you can generalize this if you are cooking in big amounts.
Am I right? Yes, I am.
ALPAY: You got confirmed. CEM: I am getting confirmed, YES!
The long waited time with curiosity has finally come! Please...
NARCAN: Our food is ready now. We'll mix the carrots with rice. CEM: It's time to mix the pilaf together.
ALPAY: Did you put the meat aside? NARCAN: I set them aside because I'm gonna chop them before serving.
CEM: Whoa! There's also chopping involved!
I asked her if this is for one person. YES. Look, I think this is just for me because I am big!
After cooking, NARCAN chopped the meat and put them on top like that.
Let's not skip this! NARCAN also prepared this beautiful tri-color salad to serve on the side.
It's a fresh salad with this season's ingredients.
I'd like to try it with your permission.
My favorite part in our videos!
Fantastic!
It's already very original to have a pilaf with onions and carrots...
It also has beef cooked differently.
CEM: NARCAN, thank you so much! NARCAN: You're welcome! CEM: It's amazing!
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