Recipe details

U.S. Beef Heart-Peas Rice

Ingredients:


• 600 g. U.S. Beef heart, deveined and rinsed

• 4 cups water

• 1 cup leek, thinly sliced

• ½ cup green peas

• ½ cup chick peas, half-cooked

• 1 carrot, peeled and diced

• 1 onion, peeled and cubed

• 1 onion, peeled 

• 1 red sweet pepper, diced

• 1 cardamom pod

• 1 tbsp. unsalted butter

• 1 tbsp. masala biryani

• ½ tbsp. cayenne

• ½ tbsp. cardamom powder

• Salt to taste

• Cooked artichoke hearts, olives and pickled turnips to serve

• Parsley leaves to garnish

Preparation:


Combine U.S. Beef heart with water, whole onion and cardamom pod in a pot over medium heat. Cook for 1 hour, remove meat from pot, discard the onion and reserve stock. Cut heart into 5 cm long slices. Place in a pot with 2 cups reserved stock. Add rice and stir once. Bring mixture to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes. 

Melt butter in a skillet. Add carrot, leek, sweet pepper, cubed onion and ½ cup stock. Stir and cook for 3 minutes. Add green and chick peas. Season with masala, cayenne, cardamom and salt. Add to meat-rice mixture, stir to mix, cover and cook for 5 minutes.

Serve U.S. beef heart-peas rice with cooked artichoke hearts, olives and pickled turnips. Garnish with parsley leaves.