Main Ingredients:

5 c Water, with 1 tb salt 2 lb Boneless beef chuck, cut -into 1-in pcs 3 c Raw rice, well rinsed 2 lg (abt 3/4 lb) potatoes, -peeled amp; cut into 1/4-in -thick slices 1/2 ts To 1 ts pepper, to taste 1 tb Ground cinnamon 1/2 c Light or dark raisins, -rinsed under cold water 1 c Water, hot 1/2 c Corn oil

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1. Bring 5 cups of water w/1 tb salt to a boil in pan, add meat, amp; cook over moderate heat for mins. Remove foam that rises during this time. Remove meat from liquid amp; set aside.2. Add rice to same liquid amp; cook over moderate heat for 5 mins. Drain rice through a colander, rinse under cold water, amp; set aside.3.Put sliced potatoes on bottom of pan, arranged in orderly fashion. Spread over this half of rice amp; sprinkle w/pepper amp; cinnamon. Spread raisins in center of rice. Add all meat over this amp; balance of rice over all. Pour in cup of hot water amp; dribble oil over surface amp; around edges of pan.4.Cover pan amp; cook over low heat for 1/2 hr. Reduce heat to very low amp; cook, tightly covered, for 5 hrs to produce crisp potatoes amp; rice. Serve warm.VARIATION: One hard-cooked egg for each person may be added to rice and meat pan. Cook eggs in water w/1/2 ts salt for 5 mins. Salt is added to prevent shell from breaking. Rinse eggs in cold water amp; place them on top of rice in pan after adding hot water amp; oil. Cover pan amp; cook as directed.NOTE: Rice is not a prohibited food amp; is eaten during Passover as well as rest of year. It is Basmati rice, found in Pakistan and Afghanistan, amp; is cleaned by hand three times to remove broken kernels, dirt amp; other impurities. This, in a general way, prepares rice for the holiday.

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