Pilau
📍 Zanzibar
★ 4.4
Spiced rice with meat, perfumed by the Swahili coast.
About Pilau
Rice is cooked with beef or goat in a fragrant blend of cumin, cardamom, cloves and cinnamon that reflects the spice trade of the Swahili coast. It is a celebration dish across East Africa.
✅ Before you go to Tanzania
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