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- noun A
Trinidadian dish ofmeat ,rice , andpeas cooked together in onepot .
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The pallaw was a dry shadow of the Caribbean pelau, which is a similar gravy-infused wet rice dish reminiscent of risotto or paella.
Archive 2007-07-01 Ron Buckmire 2007
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The pallaw was a dry shadow of the Caribbean pelau, which is a similar gravy-infused wet rice dish reminiscent of risotto or paella.
REVIEW: Azeen's Afghani Restaurant (Pasadena, CA) Ron Buckmire 2007
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As suspected, the Trini Paki Boys Cart on 43rd and 6th was not selling pigeon today, but pigeon peas- as part of a chicken "pelau" introduced yesterday.
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One of the things I learnt about rice was not just its universality but the fact that what in Trinidad is called "pelau" (rice, peas and chicken cooked together) is a common global phenomenon.
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Shaun, in addition to what you already have in this pelau, add some cumin seeds and a stick of cinnamon.
Fragrant Rice Shaun 2007
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I'm making a similiar pelau for next week's column.
Fragrant Rice Shaun 2007
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Half-grown chickens, cut up in the usual way, with a few slices of nice bacon or ham, then boiled with rice, as in above receipts, make a very nice pelau.
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There's coocoo and callaloo, polenta slices smothered in spinach-like soup, and pelau, a stew of rice, pigeon peas, coconut milk and hunks of sugar-seared meats.
NYT > Home Page 2011
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Yesterday, special diet patients (diabetics etc) received black-eye peas and rice with stewed chicken, while the general population of patients received pelau.
newsday.co.tt 2009
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Mae 'na wastad siawns o ddod ar draws un o'r pelau cwerylgar yma.
Blogiadur.com 2009
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