Although pilaf by origin is Asian, he has long and reliably entered the menu of the average Russian. Probably, there is not one of our compatriots who would not periodically prepare this dish. The “owners” of the recipe will most likely not agree that it is their food, because in the original it should contain lamb, and we replace it with other types of meat. But for us it’s all the same pilaf, we love it, value it and cook it quite often.
Hearty but helpful
Pilaf is definitely not a dietary dish. Its nutritional value is so great that pilaf is enough for a full meal. However, it can not be called a harmful dish, since all the ingredients contain the elements that a person needs. The main component is rice, a carrier of a large number of vitamins, minerals and minerals (among which iodine, potassium, iron and calcium are most valuable), starch and fiber.
The importance of carrots and onions is not worth talking about. An orange vegetable is even used to prevent cancer, strengthen vision and immunity, and lower blood pressure.
Meat and fat most increase the calorie content of pilaf. It will be more with pork, with other types of meat - somewhat lower, but for dieters this dish is still not very suitable. At the same time, meat remains necessary: it supplies a person with the necessary proteins, mineral salts and some vitamins.
For all its increased nutritional value, pilaf is very easy to digest, so you can eat it even for those who have not too advanced digestive problems
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The most delicious option
And while the calorie content of pilaf with pork is maximum, for us it remains the most attractive. The main thing in its preparation is to comply with all the rules, so that in spite of satiety, it is easily absorbed and gives taste pleasure. Make no mistake in spices - the first key to success. So do not forget zira, paprika, turmeric, and be sure to find the doorway. The second component that will help to avoid failure is a well-worked zirvak, that is, meat overcooked with vegetables, cooked before laying rice. Here the main condition is to cook it over high heat. The third rule is not to interfere with rice, so that it is pilaf, and not porridge with meat.
There are a million recipes for this dish. But if you fulfill all of the above, they will turn out the right dish. And if you are only interested in the calorie content of pilaf with pork, then take care of the selection of part of the carcass. The average caloric content of pilaf with this meat is 285 kcal. If you take a fat neck or add lard (bacon), it will reach 300. And when choosing a relatively lean piece, and even if you cut off the fat layers, you will get pilaf from pork, the calorie content of which will drop to 240-250 kcal.
Gourmet - Beef
One of the varieties recognized by Muslim "inventors" is pilaf with beef. If the pig is a dirty animal, then they do not protest against cows. There is even a special recipe called Uzbek Uzbek beef pilaf. Features in the preparation exist, but too significant. And while the calorie content of pilaf with beef is much lower.
The main differences: meat must be carefully cleaned of veins and films - this time. Second: after frying the zirvak, it must be stewed. Stewing will take from an hour (if you got the veal) to two (if you found only the meat of an adult cow). And the third: when everything is ready, the fire is extinguished, but the contents of the cauldron under the lid should be infused for at least half an hour. All these measures are aimed at removing the rigidity of the meat. But the calorie content of pilaf with beef will be only 215 kcal, and if you take completely non-fat slices, it will drop to 200. For those concerned about their figure, this is a significant difference. If we compare the beef option and the calorie content of pilaf with pork, the numbers in the first case are very encouraging.
Vegetable fantasies
Concern over excess weight gave rise to many recipes in which meat is not involved, and pilaf is present. You want something tasty, but you have to limit yourself. So invented options for squash, eggplant pilaf; the same dish with dried apples and carrots, apple-nettle modification; pilaf with sweet pepper or lemon. This is not to say that these are too successful replacements. For example, eggplants instead of meat will not reduce nutritional value: such pilaf is comparable to the favorite, with pork (287 kcal). Eggplant is comparable to beef - the same 214 kcal. Unless apples, nettle and bell pepper are quite consistent with the diet: from 86 to 165 kcal. But the taste is vegetarian!
Mushrooms are good!
The method of preparation of mushroom pilaf does not quite correspond to the usual. It is understandable - what a zirvak if there is no meat. Mushrooms, onions and carrots are fried separately, rice is cooked.
Then all the components are added to where the mushrooms were fried, and even mixed. However, if you add spices to the Asian dish, you still get pilaf with mushrooms, the calorie content of which will range from 91 to 170 kcal, depending on which mushrooms and what additional you used.
The most dietary pilaf
It all depends primarily on what kind of “stuffing” you have chosen for your dish. If you are leaning towards the meat option, the most nutritious and dietary one will be chicken. Yes, even if you resort to modern kitchen appliances. So, the chicken in the composition of this dish, cooked traditionally, will give the dish about 170 kcal if the bird gets low-fat or take chicken. Calorie prepared from the same chicken in a slow cooker will have no more than 140 calories. A beef variety of pilaf in a slow cooker of 215 kcal will lose somewhere around 50, and the same amount will be lost in pork. A minimum of 165 kcal will remain, but if you compare them with 220 or 280, losing weight will urgently have to run to the store for a slow cooker.
And if you choose pilaf without meat, and even low-calorie, then you need to stop on the nettle-apple variation. She will bring you only 86 kcal - against the background of all other recipes, this is a record. The second place is occupied by dried apples, “diluted” with carrots - they are pulled by 126. Proud third place is for bell pepper with its 165 kcal. Other vegetables are even inferior in energy to chicken, so dietary terms are unlikely to contribute to weight loss.
As you can see, pilaf is different in taste and composition. Choose what suits you and do not deny yourself the pleasure of this dish, even if you are on a diet.