pilaff

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes

But mutton and onions and pilaff are the staple of their consumption. — Paul Patoff, F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
A good pilaff was more acceptable than some partridges dressed with oil and honey: but all Easterns are temperate, and travel teaches abstinence to the Franks. — Tancred; Or, The New Crusade, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli

pilaf, pilau, pilaw

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