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Pulao Tiniu
Pulao may refer to: * Pilaf, a rice dish consumed mainly in Central Asia, South Asia and the Middle East * Pulao (dragon), a small dragon that appears as a decoration on Chinese bells See also * Palao (other) Palao may refer to: Places *Palao, a community in Namkha, Laos *Palao, a neighbourhood of San Martín de Porres District, Lima, Peru *Palao, a barangay in Bangued, Abra, Philippines *Palao, a barangay in Solana, Cagayan, Philippines *Pala-o, a bar ... * Pulau (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilaf
Pilaf ( US spelling) or pilau ( UK spelling) is a rice dish, or in some regions, a wheat dish, whose recipe usually involves cooking in stock or broth, adding spices, and other ingredients such as vegetables or meat, and employing some technique for achieving cooked grains that do not adhere to each other. At the time of the Abbasid Caliphate, such methods of cooking rice at first spread through a vast territory from South Asia to Spain, and eventually to a wider world. The Spanish ''paella'', and the South Asian ''pilau'' or ''pulao'', and ''biryani'', evolved from such dishes. Pilaf and similar dishes are common to Balkan, Caribbean, South Caucasian, Central Asian, East African, Eastern European, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and South Asian cuisines. It is a staple food and a popular dish in Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China (notably in Xinjiang), Cyprus, Georgia, Greece (notably in Crete), India, Iraq (notably in Kurdistan), Iran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulao (dragon)
Pulao (), known in some early sources also as tulao (), and Pu Lao, is a Chinese dragon, and one of the 9 sons of the dragon. It is said in Chinese mythology that he likes to "roar", and therefore he is traditionally depicted on top of bells in China, and used as the hook by which the bells are hung. ''Pulao'' appeared in Chinese literature already during the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty scholar Li Shan (, 630－689), in his comments on Ban Gu's (32–92 AD) "Eastern Metropolis Rhapsody" (, ''Dong Du Fu''), wrote: In the sea there is a big fish called whale, and on the shore there is a creature whose name is ''pulao''. The ''pulao'' has always been afraid of the whale. Whenever the whale strikes 'or'' attackshim, ''pulao'' cries 'or'' roarsloudly. Thus those who want to make a loud ellwould put a ''pulao'' on top. Therefore the bell-striker would be made n the shape ofa whale. During the Ming Dynasty, the ''pulao'' (in the form ''tulao'') appeared in the influential ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palao (other)
Palao may refer to: Places *Palao, a community in Namkha, Laos *Palao, a neighbourhood of San Martín de Porres District, Lima, Peru *Palao, a barangay in Bangued, Abra, Philippines *Palao, a barangay in Solana, Cagayan, Philippines *Pala-o, a barangay in Iligan, Lanao Del Norte, Philippines People *Alec Palao (born 1962), British musician, music historian and reissue producer *Fernando Castro Palao (1581–1633), Spanish Jesuit theologian *Jimmy Palao (1879–1925), African-American jazz musician * George Palao (1940–2009), Gibraltarian historian and illustrator * Ryan Ong Palao (born 1982), Filipino-American drag performer and HIV awareness activist See also *Palau, an island country located in the western Pacific Ocean * Palaw, a town in the Taninthayi Division, Myanmar *Pilaf Pilaf ( US spelling) or pilau ( UK spelling) is a rice dish, or in some regions, a wheat dish, whose recipe usually involves cooking in stock or broth, adding spices, and other ingredients such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
