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About Pilaf
It is a Turkish originated process where rice or other grains are browned into oil as a first step and then cooked into a bouillon or broth. Other spellings for pilaf include pilau, pilaff, pilav and a few more. Pilaf rice preparation and styles can be dated back to the rice cultivation expansion through Persia, Mesopotamia and the Middle East twenty-five centuries ago.

Spanish
Like the latin culture in Spain, Spanish rice is full of flavor using garlic, tomatos, onions and other spices.

Mexican
Similar to the Spanish reference above, , Mexican rice is full of flavor using garlic, tomatos, onions and other spicy ingredients like chile.

Curry
Curry is a spice that is very popular in Indian, Thai and southeast Asia cuisine and obviously part of curry rice. The origin of curry means spicy sauce therefore the brown-orange powder we usually refer as curry is an imported aid to make our own.

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