pilaf; pilau; pulao
A rice dish cooked with seasoned broth, often with meat or vegetables. In Japanese cuisine, it typically refers to Western-style pilaf.
夕食にチキンピラフを作った。
I made chicken pilaf for dinner.
I ordered shrimp pilaf.
The pilaf at this restaurant has a rich buttery flavor.
ピラフ is a Western-style rice dish simmered or baked in broth, whereas チャーハン is rice stir-fried in a wok, so learners sometimes mix up the two as the same 'fried rice'.
Loanword from French 'pilaf', ultimately from Turkish 'pilav'.