noun
- a dish of rice cooked in seasoned broth with meat, vegetables, or other ingredients, popular in Middle Eastern and South Asian cuisines
Usage: also spelled pilaf, pilau, or pulao; often served as a main course or side dish
Examples
- We ordered chicken pilaw at the Turkish restaurant.
- The pilaw was fragrant with cardamom and cinnamon.
- She learned to make vegetable pilaw from her grandmother's recipe.
- The restaurant's signature pilaw includes lamb and dried apricots.
- Pilaw is a staple dish throughout the Middle East and Central Asia.