Puláo ( "pilaff") of rice and meat, sheep or goat, the only provisions that poor Midian can afford, accompanied by onions and garlic, which are eaten like apples, washed down with bon ordinaire; followed by cheese when we have it, and ending with tea or coffee. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian — Volume 1] Reference
The supper at the very best will consist of hot millet or barley cakes, and the savory pilaff of minced mutton and millet or rice. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia] Reference
The ceremony was concluded by shouts of welcome, and a huge meal of pilaff (rice and mutton upon a great tray of tinned copper) and leban. From Wordnik.com. [Byeways in Palestine] Reference
Sig Other muttered about the post and pointed out that when I asked for pilaff one xmas, he made it likewise when I wanted roulade, he made that. From Wordnik.com. [Foodly discussions] Reference
The Turks mix nuts with their pilaff of rice and the Armenians add nuts to their baalghoor, a dish prepared from wheat which has been cooked and dried. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917] Reference
Roasted pheasant served with a rich champagne cream sauce, grapes macerated with orange zest, a savoury rice pilaff, and a croustade of duck pate with red currant jelly. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-02-01] Reference
But even now the 'Adwan cannot come near the town; neither can they quite forget that the Saltiyeh people, during a former war, killed both the father and grandfather of Deab, and sent the head of the former to the tribe in a dish, with a pilaff of rice. From Wordnik.com. [Byeways in Palestine] Reference
The description for the Faisan a la creme was roasted pheasant served with a rich champagne cream sauce, grapes macerated with orange zest, a savoury rice pilaff and a croustade of duck pate with red currant jelly, based on Lasserre and La Tour d'Argent restaurants, in Paris. From Wordnik.com. [French gourmet dinner: 5th & 6th courses] Reference
There is pilaff and kebabi and a bottle of champagne. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Patoff] Reference
But mutton and onions and pilaff are the staple of their consumption. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Patoff] Reference
However, this is referred to as the "golden rice crust" and is the prized portion of many pilaff pundits throughout the world. From Wordnik.com. [TrinidadExpress Today's News] Reference
Yotam Ottolenghi's seasonal greens with crushed peppercorns: serve on top of a pearl barley pilaff, crushed potatoes or egg noodles. From Wordnik.com. [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference
The north has a strong Moghul influence; the food has a definite Persian feel, as in the celebrated biryani, which edges close to pilaff territory. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
So it was lemon sole, baked on a bed of onion, lemon and basil with olive oil and white wine; cashew nut pilaff; braised asparagus, peas and lettuce. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Campus] Reference
The fare consisted mostly of varieties of fowl, with a pilaff of rice, in the Turkish manner, all decidedly good; but the wine rather sweet and muddy. From Wordnik.com. [Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844.] Reference
A good pilaff was more acceptable than some partridges dressed with oil and honey: but all Easterns are temperate, and travel teaches abstinence to the Franks. From Wordnik.com. [Tancred Or, The New Crusade] Reference
An hour later we had the unique experience of sitting at our separate tables and tasting Allegra's fantastic Egyptian Aubergine and Tamarind Stew and pilaff for the first time. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Paynim lands to no very remote distance from Ispahan; and neither in the palace of the Pacha nor in the caravanserai of the traveller, nor in the hut of the peasant, was he so favoured as to masticate his pilaff from that fashionable service. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2] Reference
On this particular evening Logotheti dined at home alone, chiefly on a very simple Greek pilaff, Turkish preserved rose leaves and cream cheese, which might strike a Parisian as strange fare, unless he were a gourmet of the very highest order. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Margaret A Portrait] Reference
It is his famous pilaff, that the old Greek professor taught him to make in Germany; and it is almost the best thing you ever tasted in your life. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Merryweathers] Reference
A stew, and a Puláo (“pilaff”) of rice and meat, sheep or goat, the only provisions that poor Midian can afford, accompanied by onions and garlic, which are eaten like apples, washed down with bon ordinaire; followed by cheese when we have it, and ending with tea or coffee. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
Central Asia, the pilaff is made with rice. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia] Reference
Removed the banquet, and the last pilaff. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3] Reference
These fowls may be stuffed with a pilaff of rice. From Wordnik.com. [American Cookery November, 1921] Reference
Is very good, too, "said John Carvel, who was tasting pilaff for the first time. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Patoff] Reference
"puláo" (pilaff). From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
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