pilau

6.6

A rice dish cooked with spices and often meat or vegetables

noun
/pɪˈlaʊ/

: pilaf

Prince Pilau.
Okra Pilau

Examples

So we got onion bhajis, chicken tikka, pilau rice, chicken Dan sack, chicken Bona.
And then we always get the onion bargies and the like pilau rice.
For dinner, we enjoyed a delicious pilau made with chicken and spices.
She served a fragrant pilau with vegetables and shrimp at the gathering.
The chef prepared a traditional pilau using saffron and succulent lamb.

Synonyms

pilaf

vspilau

5 3.3

Rice cooked in seasoned broth with onions and things like meat or vegetables

is the same dish but uses a u ending in some spellings

pilaff

vspilau

5.5

A dish of rice cooked in a seasoned broth with vegetables or meat

is the same dish but uses a u ending in some spellings

pilaw

vspilau

6.5

A rice dish cooked in a tasty broth with onions, vegetables, and sometimes meat

is the same dish but uses a u ending in some spellings

Surface Forms

pilau singular

pilau plural

Etymology

Pilau comes from a Persian word meaning 'cooked rice' and is the same family as pilaf and pulao, words used across Asia for rice dishes flavored with spices and meat. So, pilau today means rice cooked in broth with spices, vegetables or meat, which is why the name fits the food itself.