pilau

Often a variety of food is partaken, Persian pilau being a favourite.

Their diet consisted of a single warm meal of pilau or beans, eaten in the evening.

In the morning we had pilau, and in the evening we had pilau; our drink was lukewarm water, qualified with a little rum.

For dinner they have the same diet, and for supper they have a dish of warm beans, or a kind of broth or pilau.

I was glad of the fork and spoon, for in those days I had not learned how to eat pilau with my fingers.