onion Russia

...The birth of pilaf is associated with the name of Tamerlane. Concerned about the decline in the strength of his warriors, he turned for help to a mullah, who proposed a way to cope with hunger in the army: “We need to take a large cast-iron cauldron. Put in it the meat of lamb, selected rice, swelling with pride, young carrots, reddening with joy, and a sharp onion stinging like a sword of the...