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pilaff

pilaff

5.5
A dish of rice cooked in a seasoned broth with vegetables or meat
  • noun
  • /ˈpɪlɑf/
  • UK
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  • We ordered a delicious pilaff with lamb and aromatic spices at the restaurant.

Examples

  • The chef prepared a fragrant pilaff with saffron.

  • The cookbook includes several recipes for vegetable pilaff from different regions.

  • For dinner, she prepared a seafood pilaff with shrimp and mussels.

  • I had a delicious pilaff for dinner last night.

  • For dinner, she prepared a seafood pilaff with shrimp and mussels.

  • The cookbook includes several recipes for vegetable pilaff from different regions.

  • We ordered a delicious pilaff with lamb and aromatic spices at the restaurant.

Synonyms

pilaf
vspilaff
5 3.3

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

is the same dish but shown with a different spelling here
pilaw
vspilaff
  • US
6.5

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

is the same recipe concept but uses a different orthographic form here
pilau
vspilaff
  • UK
6.6

A rice dish cooked with spices and often meat or vegetables

is the same dish but written in a different regional form here

Surface Forms

pilaff singular
pilaffs plural

Etymology

Pilaff comes from Persian and South Asian cooking words like pilaf and pulao, which come from Persian polow meaning 'rice cooked with other things'. So a pilaff is a rice dish cooked in a flavored liquid with spices, vegetables, or meat, just as the old word suggests.