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- noun Plural form of
pillau .
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Examples
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Grady was great at an Irish stew; the Colonel was famous for pillaus and curries; and as for
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A troop of willing servitors was in attendance, who covered the table with a smoking-hot breakfast, piles of rice curries, pillaus, and fruits, with tea and coffee.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Various
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Cardamoms form a universal ingredient in curries, pillaus, &c.
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The young shoots of bamboo are both pickled and preserved by the Natives, and esteemed a great luxury when produced at meals with savoury pillaus, &c.
Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885
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There are _pillaus_ without number in the Greek cuisine, chiefly of lamb, and it is safe to take for granted that anything _à la Grec_ is likely to be something savoury, with a good deal of oil, a suspicion of onion, a flavour of parsley, and a good deal of rice with it.
The Gourmet's Guide to Europe Algernon Bastard 1885
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Grady was great at an Irish stew; the Colonel was famous for pillaus and curries; and as for Strong he could cook anything.
The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Grady was great at an Irish stew; the colonel was famous for pillaus and curries; and as for Strong, he could cook any thing.
The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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In the preface the author apprises us that a long residence abroad had enabled her to become a mistress of the details of foreign European cookery; but she adds: “The mulakatanies and curries of India; the sweet pillaus, yahourt, and cold soups of Persia; the cubbubs, sweet yaughs and sherbets of
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