Guliangu Pilaf

There is also a moving legend about pilaf. According to legend, more than a thousand years ago, there was a doctor named Ibn Sina. In his later years, his body was very weak, and he took a lot of medicine to no avail. Later, he studied a kind of rice for diet therapy. He chose beef and mutton, carrots, onions, clear oil, sheep oil and rice, added water and salt, and simmered over low heat. This kind of rice has the characteristics of color, taste and fragrance, which can arouse people’s appetite. So he took a small bowl in the morning and evening. After half a month, his body gradually recovered. People around were very surprised, thinking that he had taken some kind of panacea. Later, he passed this “prescription” to everyone, and it became a landmark delicacy on the Silk Road.