Pilau

Pilau, or PILLAF, a dish common in Turkey, Egypt, Syria, and India, consists generally of rice, thoroughly boiled, drained, and gently stirred with butter, pepper, and finely-chopped onions. For the tables of the wealthy, fowls, lamb, mutton, shreds of ham or bacon, variously cooked, but always much boiled or roasted, are placed on the top of the rice, and served up with it.