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  • noun Plural form of pilaf.

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Examples

  • And for those who take issue with rice, pilafs can be made with all kinds of grains, chewy, wheat berries, nutty bulgar, tiny calcium-rich amaranth and protein-packed pearls of quinoa.

    Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Table Manners Ellen Kanner 2011

  • While I love a one-pot wonder, this dish pays homage to your classic pilafs and pulaws, and is done in stages,with the rice and sauce cooked separately.

    Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Table Manners Ellen Kanner 2011

  • Arab writers churned out treatises denouncing the fruity, effeminate Persian pilafs and praising manly Bedouin fare.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • Arab writers churned out treatises denouncing the fruity, effeminate Persian pilafs and praising manly Bedouin fare.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • The classic Bedouin food—roasted goats and sheep, grilled camel, bread cooked in ashes—mixed with Indian spices, Persian pilafs, Turkish yogurt cooking, and Byzantine vegetables.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • Tabeekh were gravies and stews, pilafs and sauces made of humbler ingredients than meze: wheat, rice, potatoes, greens, beans, lentils.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • I like to use it like rice, in pilafs, as a side dish, in stir fry, casseroles and even in baking for making muffins.

    Mary Ann Esposito: What to Stock in Your Pantry for Winter Mary Ann Esposito 2011

  • I like to use it like rice, in pilafs, as a side dish, in stir fry, casseroles and even in baking for making muffins.

    Mary Ann Esposito: What to Stock in Your Pantry for Winter Mary Ann Esposito 2011

  • The classic Bedouin food—roasted goats and sheep, grilled camel, bread cooked in ashes—mixed with Indian spices, Persian pilafs, Turkish yogurt cooking, and Byzantine vegetables.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • Tabeekh were gravies and stews, pilafs and sauces made of humbler ingredients than meze: wheat, rice, potatoes, greens, beans, lentils.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

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