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PILAU
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V21,
Page 603
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PILAU , a favourite Eastern dish, consisting essentially of See also:rice, boiled with mutton or other See also:meat, See also:fowl or See also:fish, and flavoured with spices, raisins, &c . The word appears in See also:Persian, See also:Turkish and See also:Urdu, and has been adopted in See also:European See also:languages . The See also:form pilaff, showing the Turkish See also:pronunciation, is also See also:common . |
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