noun
pilaf
pee-lahf
noun
1
A rice (or other grain) dish cooked in seasoned broth, often with meat or vegetables mixed in.
"She served the lamb over a fragrant saffron pilaf."
"The restaurant's vegetable pilaf came studded with almonds and raisins."
How to Use Pilaf
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishRice simmered in stock, often with extra ingredients cooked in — common across Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Mediterranean cuisines.
Easily confused with
pilau
Common pairings
rice pilaf
chicken pilaf
Word Forms
pilafs plural
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Etymology
Traced back through Turkish and Persian to a Sanskrit word for cooked rice, likely of Dravidian origin further back still.