How to pronounce Hamsili pilav

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /hamsiˈli piˈɫav/. In plain English letters that is hahm-see-LEE pee-LAHV, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Hamsili pilav?

Hamsili pilav is a rice dish of Türkiye. Where it comes from: Trabzon and Rize. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and on festive days. Its main ingredients are fish, rice and nuts & seeds. It tastes savory.

Where Hamsili pilav comes from

Hamsili pilav is one of 80 signature dishes of Türkiye on this map. See all dishes from Trabzon.

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• İskender kebap · Main dish · Bursa

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• Baklava · Dessert · Gaziantep

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Food of Türkiye

Dishes like Hamsili pilav in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Hamsili pilav:

• Nasi lemak · Rice dish · Malay Peninsula, Malaysia

  Nasi lemak means "rich rice": rice cooked in coconut milk with pandan leaf, served with spicy sambal, fried anchovies, roasted peanuts, cucumber and a boiled egg, traditionally wrapped in a banana leaf.

• Mansaf منسف · Rice dish · Amman and Karak, Jordan

  Mansaf is lamb cooked in jameed, a sauce made from dried, salted sheep's or goat's yogurt, served on a large tray over thin shrak bread and a mound of rice, scattered with toasted almonds and pine nuts.

• Thiéboudienne ceebu jën · Rice dish · Saint-Louis, Senegal

  Ceebu jën, written thieboudienne in French, means "rice and fish" in Wolof.

• Tahdig ته‌دیگ · Rice dish · Iran

  Tahdig means "bottom of the pot".