pilaf

[ pi-lahf, pee-lahf ]

noun

1. a Middle Eastern dish consisting of sautéed, seasoned rice steamed in bouillon, sometimes with poultry, meat or shellfish.
2. rice cooked in a meat or poultry broth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pilaf¹

1925–30; < Turkish pilâv < Persian pilāw

Example Sentences

Slow-roasted with lots of herbs and olive oil and served with a fluffy rice pilaf, a good salmon entree can feel as elegant and decadent as a four-hour stew.

From Washington Post

So he did not take long to make up his mind, but sat down and consumed the pilaf to the very last morsel.

From Project Gutenberg

Osman and his mother ate the pilaf with their fingers, from the same dish.

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This was for their pilaf, the distribution of which was a complete scramble.

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We had to squat down in Eastern fashion, and eat the savoury pilaf with our fingers.

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Pilaf, a dish very common in the Orient and well known in the United States, is of this character and easily made.

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Related Words

• brown rice