pilau

American  

[pi-lahf, pee-lahf, pi-law, -lou, pee-law, -lou] / pɪˈlɑf, ˈpi lɑf, pɪˈlɔ, -ˈlaʊ, ˈpi lɔ, -laʊ /

Or pilaw

noun

1. pilaf.

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pilau British  

/ pɪˈlaʊ, pʊˈlaʊ, pɪˈlɔː, ˈpɪlæf, pɪˈlaʊ /

noun

1. a dish originating from the East, consisting of rice flavoured with spices and cooked in stock, to which meat, poultry, or fish may be added

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Etymology

Origin of pilau

C17: from Turkish pilāw, from Persian

Example Sentences

For instance, lamb pilau puts leftovers to great use with rice and store cupboard spices.

From BBC

Padma poetically says, "From pilau to paella to tahdig, rice can be temperamental," which most certainly sums up both the pros and cons of rice at large.

From Salon

There was usually lots of fried fish and other seafood, like octopus, squid and crab, and always a pile of pilau — rice cooked with broth and some kind of meat, usually beef.

From Seattle Times

At one shop pilaus were being sold, mounds of saffron rice on buttered plantain leaves, glistening with ghee and garnished with red chillies and curling strips of fried onion.

From Literature

In a similar way, this week's Genius Recipe stems from a sweeping category of Southern rice dishes called pilaus or perloos — "seasoned rice cooked in stock, often with other ingredients," as Twitty describes them.

From Salon