Uyghur Polo / Pilaf aka Zhua Fan 抓饭 (Xinjiang Lamb Rice)

[@AbdulazizSalavat]

Uyghur food best!!!!

[@AllanAbakumoff]

Agree!!

[@itsthekohfamily]

Can eat Uyghur food everyday!

[@MelodyVioline]

I used to buy Uyghur pilaf on Fridays near a masjid in Shanghai. It tasted so good! Thanks for sharing the recipe. I'm thinking of making it some time soon

[@AllanAbakumoff]

Once you learn to cook it you will not buy out again :)

[@kumoffz537]

Incredible dish

[@AllanAbakumoff]

The best!!

[@iamsheep]

So good. One of my favourite rice dishes ever and I always order it at Uyghur restaurants in China. I find it's a great way to test how good the restaurant is!

[@AllanAbakumoff]

Definitely the best rice dish ever!!

[@AbdulazizSalavat]

😊😊😊😊

[@AllanAbakumoff]

👌👍

[@mattybizz788]

Great recipe mate! Will give this one a go 👍

[@AllanAbakumoff]

You’ll love it!! Thanks mate

[@thestrangerstory]

More meals from Xinjiang man, these vids are fire. Keen to give this one a crack!

[@AllanAbakumoff]

Thank you!! Will definitely keep em coming :) this is one of my all time faves

[@cococ5409]

what should the rice and water ratio be?

[@AllanAbakumoff]

150ml water / 1 cup rice

[@CookingStudioByMuntaha]

Really I love this rice and will try again at my home.... Thanks 🫂

[@AllanAbakumoff]

Thanks Muntaha, one of my all time favourite dishes

[@shelleybedarov4303]

Favourite home food for the soul! esp with Xián Cai

[@AllanAbakumoff]

Yess or with pickled vegetables 👌

[@DeliDen]

I used to love eating this in Xinjiang, going out to some scenic spot with a lot of beer and baijiu, sometimes hash, slaughter a sheep and cook this up in a huge wok outside, and get the kebabs ready while it cooks. The only thing i would say is missing from yours is the yellow carrots, the are very sweet, and look great with the orange carrots, but those are even hard to get in most places in China, mainly the northwest. Wonder if you've made a jiaoma chicken yet? my favorite Xinjiang dish by far, not traditional but very local.

[@AllanAbakumoff]

Thanks for your comment Helen. That has brought back many memories of the times I was over in Xinjiang. My mum has made all dishes and I will slowly learn to cook them all from her :).

[@itsthekohfamily]

I miss street food in Xinjiang!

[@xiwenwu6917]

the recipe is very simple and easy to cock, but the quality of meet is the most essential part of these ingredients

[@AllanAbakumoff]

I agree and you need the correct ratios

[@iceomistar4302]

I'm wondering since your Mother is Han did you speak a mixture of Uighur and Mandarin at home, I speak a mixture of Mandarin and English at home since my Stepfather is European.

[@AllanAbakumoff]

Mandarin and English aswell :)

[@AnddeFuark]

Awesome as. keep these coming!! Can do you a video on how to make the lamb kao rou, how to season/marinate and also how to cook? cheers bro!

[@AllanAbakumoff]

Thanks bro appreciate it! That video will definitely come one day :)

[@jeffma7507]

I’ve also heard that cumin is recommended as well.

[@AllanAbakumoff]

That’s right, it is optional

[@ihsans8623]

❤️❤️

[@AllanAbakumoff]

Have you tried this recipe yet?

[@jennysu4078]

👍

[@AllanAbakumoff]

👍👍

[@walter4796]

5 rice to 3 cups water that's to less or you have many water out of the lamb

[@AllanAbakumoff]

Yes there is liquid that comes out of the lamb. Sometimes I add slightly more water (4 cups) as long as the rice is covered. Varys every time but that is rough estimates in the description.

[@walter4796]

@@AllanAbakumoff or maybe depend on the rice

[@AllanAbakumoff]

@@walter4796 this works best with medium grain

[@ShavketUygurTurk]

Call it Uyghur Polo. Not Xinjiang

[@AllanAbakumoff]

Read the title?

[@ShavketUygurTurk]

@@AllanAbakumoff maybe remove Xinjiang? It’s a sensitive term to all Uyghurs 👍🏻

[@missashy90]

La mein & ko baozi pls

[@AllanAbakumoff]

Yum!!!!!!

[@wajidalikhan7933]

Missing very much this pulo.. I have eaten it regularly for couple of years in China..

[@AllanAbakumoff]

You should try cook it, very easy :)

[@chaosbogdan8278]

Thanks for sharing But please remove Xinjiang from the title Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and other Turkic muslims don't like that, it's so sensitive and aggressive and heart-hurting Everybody knows that what happened in Eastern Turkistan And I'm from Kazakhstan Thanks!

[@AllanAbakumoff]

I understand your view but Xinjiang is a region and this is a food channel not political.

[@BurhaanProductionsDeen]

Your not UYGHUR ?? THAT UYGHUR PULAO BRO

[@AllanAbakumoff]

I am Australian. Mum is from Xinjiang but she is Han Chinese

[@BurhaanProductionsDeen]

@@AllanAbakumoff UYGHURS make the best pulao sorry bro Chinese can’t take a L ON THAT 😂😂

[@AllanAbakumoff]

@@BurhaanProductionsDeen can’t argue with that bro 👌

[@TurkistanSeneti]

@@AllanAbakumoff I was thinking maybe you're from Turpan or Qumul but that explains it, thanks for the video.

[@AllanAbakumoff]

@@TurkistanSeneti Hi thanks for watching. Mum is from Yining City near Urumqi. I have travelled there numerous times, beautiful place.

[@AnnaAbakumoff]

Fave 🥰

[@AllanAbakumoff]

So good 🤤