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What is the difference between pilaf and rice?

pilaf | rice |

As nouns the difference between pilaf and rice

is that pilaf is a dish made by browning grain in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added while rice is cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.

As a verb rice is

to squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces.

As a proper noun Rice is

{{surname|patronymic|from=Welsh}} derived from Welsh given name Rhys.

As a phrase RICE is

rest, ice, compression, and elevation. A common treatment method for soft tissue injuries.

pilaf

English

(wikipedia pilaf)

Alternative forms

* pilaff, pilau, plov, polao, polao, pulao

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dish made by browning grain in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added.

    • References

    * Some have described it as desecration, but tribal chairman Charlie Vaughn dismisses his critics as people who are "eating tofu and pilaf and sitting in Phoenix with their plasma-screen TVs". - The world at a glance: Grand Canyon, Arizona, The Week , Issue 605, page 8. ----

    rice

    English

    (wikipedia rice)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
  • A specific variety of this plant.
  • (uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.

    • Verb

  • To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces.
  • To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
  • To belittle a government emissary or similar on behalf of a more powerful militaristic state.
  • To harvest wild rice Zinzania sp.

    • Derived terms

    * arborio rice * brown rice * golden rice * Indian rice * jollof rice * mealie rice * Patna rice * brewer's rice * broken rice * rice bowl * iron rice bowl * rice grass * rice leafhopper * rice paper * rice pudding * rice rat * rice weevil * ricebird * rice-paper plant * ricer * Spanish rice * sticky rice * white rice * wild rice

    Related terms

    * Menominee * rijsttafel * risotto

    See also

    * basmati * bhelpuri * California roll * dosa * gumbo * idli * idli * jambalaya * khir * mirin * mochi * nasi goreng * onigiri * pad thai * paella * pilaf, pilau * rangoli * risotto * sake * samshu * sushi

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    References

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