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A few days after this conversation she ordered one of her maids to make a pilaw.

From Indian Fairy Tales by Jacobs, Joseph

The vizier's son saw that the prince had nothing to do with the sending of the pilaw, and therefore told him everything.

From Indian Fairy Tales by Jacobs, Joseph

Mix all well together; make it into small cakes; fry it of a light brown, and put it round the pilaw.

From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady

Fowls, to fatten in a fortnight ib. ——, to make tender ib. ——, to roast with anchovies ib. ——, with rice, called pilaw ib. ——, to hash 166 ——, to stew ib.

From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady

He was astonished, and suspecting that there was poison in the pilaw, he took a little and threw it to some crows that were hopping about.

From Indian Fairy Tales by Jacobs, Joseph