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PILAF [2 records]

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Record 1 2008-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prepared Dishes (Cooking)
DEF

A Middle Eastern or Indian dish of spiced rice or wheat and often meat and vegetables.

OBS

Pilaf, Albanian pilaf, Armenian, Bosnian pilav, Urdu pulao, Persian polow, Romanian pilaf, Serbian pilav, Turkish pilav, Uzbek: palov, Turkmen: palov, Turkish: pilav, Crimean Tatar: pilâv, Tatar: pilaw) also spelled pilau, perloo, perlau, plaw, pilaw, and pilaff is a Middle Eastern and Central and South Asian dish in which a grain, such as rice or cracked wheat, is generally first browned in oil, and then cooked in a seasoned broth. Depending on the local cuisine it may also contain a variety of meat and vegetables.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plats cuisinés
DEF

Mets oriental très épicé composé de riz au gras servi avec des morceaux de viande, de poisson ou des coquillages.

CONT

Dans le pilaf classique, le riz est doré à l'huile ou au beurre avec de l'oignon, puis mouillé de bouillon, épicé et additionné, à mi-cuisson, de viande, poisson ou légumes, crus ou cuits; il est toujours bien relevé, voire safrané. Mais on peut, en fait, lui ajouter de multiples ingrédients.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recipes
DEF

A technique for cooking rice in which the rice is sautéed briefly in butter, then simmered in stock or water with various seasonings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recettes de cuisine
DEF

Mode de cuisson du riz provenant du Moyen-Orient et de l'Asie centrale et au cours duquel le grain, tel que le riz ou le blé broyé, est généralement revenu dans de l'huile, et puis cuisiné ensuite dans un bouillon assaisonné.

Spanish

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