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Definition of Pilau
1. Noun. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
Definition of Pilau
1. n. See Pillau.
Definition of Pilau
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of pilaf) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pilau
1. pilaf [n -S] - See also: pilaf
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pilau
Literary usage of Pilau
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Caroline Islands: Travel in the Sea of the Little Lands by Frederick William Christian (1899)
"... CHAPTER XIX STAY IN pilau, FOLK-LORE, LEGEND OF FLOOD, AND THE TABU SYSTEM
NEXT morning no ... pilau ..."
2. Russian Central Asia: Including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv by Henry Lansdell (1885)
"pilau and native bread.—Visit to the Bek.— Received with music.—The place of
execution, and the prison. ..."
3. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1872)
"The pilau is a purely Oriental dish, and may be made, without meat or any other
adjunct, in a solid state. Thus venison, kid, or other meat or poultry, ..."
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