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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> French >> French

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Melt the butter or margarine in a large saucepan. | 2. and fry the onion until golden. Add the beef and fry until evenly browned, then add the garlic, spices, tomatoes, tomato puree and water. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then simmer over low heat for about 30 minutes. | 3. Add the French beans and continue cooking for a further 15 minutes until the meat is tender and most of the meat juices have evaporated. | 4. Meanwhile, prepare the rice. Drain, then boil it in salted water for about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat and simmer gently for 10 minutes or until it is half-cooked. Drain, and rinse the rice in warm water. Wash and dry the saucepan. | 5. Heat 1 tbsp of the melted butter in the pan and stir in about a third of the rice. Spoon half of hte meat mixture over the rice, add a layer of rice, then the remaining meat and finish with another layer of rice. | 6. Pour the remaining melted butter over the rice and cover the pan with a clean dish towel. Secure with the lid and then steam the rice for 30-40 minutes over low heat. | 7. Take 3 tbsp of cooked rice from the pan and mix with the saffrom water. Serve the cooked rice and beef on a large dish and sprinkle the saffron rice on top. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
onion	1		chopped	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
stewing beef	1		cubed	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
cinnamon	1	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
cumin	1	teaspoon	ground	7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
turmeric	1	teaspoon	ground	9.36	2.0142	0.2904	0.0975
tomato	1		chopped	40.2099	8.6898	1.9658	0.4468
tomato puree	2	tablespoons		11.875	2.8062	0.5156	0.0656
water	1 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
french bean	2 1/2	cups	trimmed halved	1577.8	294.906	86.52600000000001	9.292
salt black pepper			ground	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
basmati rice	1 1/2	cups		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
water	7 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
butter	3	tablespoons	melted	171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
saffron strand	2			403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
water	1	tablespoon	boiling	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.