Pasta just isn't something I would ever eat as a treat, unlike pilau rice and naan bread.
From the guardian.co.uk
You'd be well advised to stumble into a chicken bog or pilau during your Lowcountry rambles.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
Some aficionados argue that a bog is a pilau made on a large scale.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
Both were served with plenty of pilau rice and warm garlic naan.
From the borehamwoodtimes.co.uk
Do you prefer palau, pilau or plov, and do you have a trick for that all-important golden tah-dig?
From the guardian.co.uk
All the meals were very pleasing and came with pilau rice.
From the knutsfordguardian.co.uk
Vada curry, channa masala, veg kotthu parotta and pilau rice.
From the guardian.co.uk
Have them with boiled rather than pilau rice, and plain chapattis or naan bread instead of poppadoms, samosas or bhajis.
From the telegraph.co.uk
People ate catered African dishes such as Zanzibar pilau, saka-saka, kachumbari and several other specialties.
From the delawareonline.com
More examples
Pilaf: rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes
Pilaf is a dish in which rice is cooked in a seasoned broth. In some cases, the rice may also attain its brown colour by being stirred with pieces of cooked onion, as well as a mix of spices. Depending on the local cuisine, it may also contain meat, fish, vegetables, pasta, and dried fruits.
Alternative spelling of pilaf
A delicious dish of rice, butter, meat, etc. highly relished.
(pilaf, pelau): An Asian dish consisting of rice cooked with meat, fowl, fish or seafood