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pilaff

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pi·laf or pi·laff  (p-läf, pläf) also pi·lau (p-läf, -lô, -lou, pläf, -lô, -lou)
n.
A steamed rice dish often with meat, shellfish, or vegetables in a seasoned broth.

[Persian pilw, from Turkish pilâv.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pilaff - rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoespilaff - rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes
dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"
bulgur pilaf - pilaf made with bulgur wheat instead of rice and usually without meat
Translations
pilaff
n pilaff [piˈlӕf, (American ) -ˈla:f]
a dish of rice, meat etc seasoned with spices. pilaf صَحْن أرز مع بِهارات пилаф pilaf pilaf das Pilaff πιλάφι pilaf (plato oriental a base de arroz) pilaff پلو با گوشت یا سبزیجات pilahvi pilaf פִּילָאף एक व्यंजन pilav rizseshús nasi pilaf austurlenskur hrísgrjónaréttur pilaf ピラフ 필라프 plovas plovs nasi pilau pilau risotto, pilaff pilaw pilau pilaf пилав, плов pilav rižota pilav pilaff ข้าวคลุกเนื้อและเครื่องเทศ pilâv 肉飯 плов پلاؤ، برياني cơm thập cẩm


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Crunchy mushroom pilaff recipe Preparation time: 10mins Cooking time: 30-35mins Ingredients (to serve 4) 15ml/1tbsp oil 1 (250g) pack chestnut mushrooms, halved 1 onion, chopped 5ml/1tsp ground cumin 5ml/1tsp ground paprika 2 cloves garlic, crushed 100g/4oz split red lentils 225g/8oz brown rice 100g/4oz dried apricots, quartered 50g/2oz raisins 900ml/1.
99 for 14 fat sausages, could be stretched across two meals, perhaps chopping up some and using them with rice for a pilaff as the second dish.
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