What makes rice a "pilaf?"

pennie1478

An Armenian, Greek or southern Russian rice dish with seasonings, often with meats, vegetables or poultry added Aug 24 07, 6:02 PM

lanfranco

In my household, a pilaf or pilau can involve a variety of ingredients. You can make a side dish with rice or a grain, adding raisins, nuts, onion, meat or poultry broths, even chopped hard-boiled eggs. You can also prepare a main dish by adding all of the above and chopped meat, poultry, or fish. Herbs and curries and a variety of other seasonings may also be added. I generally think of pilaf/pilau as Asian, especially South Asian, but, of course, rice and grain dishes are universal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilaf Aug 24 07, 6:12 PM

queproblema

Southerners call it "perloo," though it's a simpler dish. Find Perloo, Pilaf, Pilau on this page. http://www.successrice.com/SUCCESS/glossary.cfm?alph=p Some authorities equate the terms while others say perloo, which I'd thought was spelled "pearlo" until now, is a different recipe. At covered dish suppers in North Florida, "chicken perloo" was simply rice cooked in chicken broth with small pieces of meat. There are much more elaborate recipes, however. http://hominygrill.com/press/0509_2_nytimes.php Aug 25 07, 9:44 AM