Definition
pelau
noun
- A one-pot dish of rice, meat or seafood, and vegetables, popular in Caribbean cuisine, especially in Trinidad and Tobago.
Usage: Caribbean English; Also spelled 'pilau' or 'pilaf' in other regions
Examples
- My grandmother made a delicious pelau with chicken and pigeon peas for Sunday dinner.
- The restaurant's seafood pelau is one of their most popular dishes.
- Pelau is a staple comfort food in Trinidad and Tobago.
- She learned to cook pelau from her mother's traditional recipe.
- The pelau combined fragrant rice with tender meat and fresh vegetables.