Delicious Afghan Traditional White Rice. Authentic Recipe of Challow.

Things to know about Challow Recipe

Challow is made with white basmati rice, boiled, and cooked with seasonings like cardamom and cumin. It’s a basic rice dish that is combined with various stews and curries of Afghan Cuisine. Many other Afghan rice dishes are made with short-grain or sticky rice but challow should be made with separate grains like basmati rice. Although boiled rice is common all over the world, cooking Afghan challow includes multiple cooking methods like simmering, boiling, and then baking the rice. It’s not difficult but a few extra steps and little practice can help you master the art of Afghan rice.

Delicious Afghan Traditional White Rice. Authentic Recipe of Challow.

Local Recipe Name with Local Characters: چلہ

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— General Atributes of This Recipe:

Prep Time 1 hr

Cook Time 45 mins

Total Time 1 hr 45 mins

Difficulty Very Easy to Cook Recipes

Price Level Cheap Recipes

Cooking Time Time: Less Than 2 Hours to be made Recipes

Main Ingredient Group Grain – Seeds Based Recipes, Rice based Recipes

Spice Level No Spicy Recipes

Main Cooking Method Baked – Cooked in Oven, Boiled, Boiled (Simmering)

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Course Dinner Recipes, Lunch Recipes, Main Course Recipes, Side Dish Recipes

Cuisine Afghan Cuisine

Servings 4 People

Calories / Serving 634 kcal

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Ingredients

 

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• 3 cups Basmati Rice
• ¼ cup Vegetable Oil
• 1½ tsp Salt
• 5 pods Cardamom
• 1½ tsp Cumin Seeds
• 6 cups Water

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Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 500F or 260C.
• Wash rice thoroughly and then soak for 1-2 hours in water.
• Take a medium pot, fill it with water.
• Bring water to a rolling boil.
• Then strain the rice and add to boiling water.
• Cook for 2-3 minutes, or until rice is soft or al dente. Do not over cook.
• Take ¼ cup of boiling water from the pot and set aside.
• Then put the rice into a colander to drain water.
• After draining put the rice back into the pot.
• Add the water that we set aside earlier, salt, cardamom pods, and cumin seeds.
• Gently stir the rice and mix the ingredients.
• Put the pot into the oven and cook for 10 minutes.
• After 10 minutes, reduce the heat to 250F or 120C and cook for another 25 minutes.
• Remove the pot and serve on a rice platter.

NOTES

Different varieties of rice take different times to cook.

SERVE WITH:

Serve with meatballs, meat stew, vegetable stew, quoroot (a type of drained yogurt), or serve as is (side dish).

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World Regions Cuisine Asian Cuisine, Central Asian Cuisine, International Cuisine, Traditional Cuisine

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Nutrition

Calories: 634kcalCarbohydrates: 112gProtein: 10gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 8gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.1gSodium: 898mgPotassium: 187mgFiber: 2gSugar: 0.2gVitamin A: 10IUVitamin C: 0.3mgCalcium: 62mgIron: 2mg

Keyword Chalaw Recipe, Kofta Challow Recipe, Traditional Afghan White Rice, چلہ

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