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The article includes this line: "employing some technique for achieving cooked grains that do not adhere"

I believe, based on the linked source/comment, that "adhere" is referring to keeping the rice from sticking together. But the word "adhere" is commonly used in other senses - such as, to adhere to a set of rules. I actually don't think the meaning of "adhere" in this sentence is totally obvious. As someone who is not a cooking or rice expert, at first I thought it was referring to some set of rules for what pilaf is/how it should be cooked, instead of about the physical sticking together of grains of rice.

Perhaps we could consider using a different word or way of phrasing this, if anyone has any ideas.

-KaJunl (talk) 23:37, 12 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I just realized that IP editors, among which are notably @2A00:23C4:7889:4001:CD56:74B1:CCCE:62FF: have been removing sourced content and changing the preferred spelling (which is pilaf (the US spelling), followed by pilau (the UK and Commonwealth). The main caretaker of this page user:IamNotU has not been active since last October. But there are others: user:RegentsPark, user:Gotitbro, and user:Serols who are around. Please continue to keep an eye on the page. (We went through much heartache to get it right once.) Thanks. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 04:05, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Fowler&fowler. I saved the article under favorites. Regards --Serols (talk) 12:41, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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This page has been recently edited by a disruptive editor, but I can not perform any revert on this page as all revisions of this page purportedly contain "a new external link to a site registered on Wikipedia's blacklist or Wikimedia's global blacklist." I am not trying to introduce any new external link, so I don't know what any of this is about. Uness232 (talk) 12:40, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• I removed the about.com reference that was causing the issue and reverted. PhilKnight (talk) 14:30, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This article says "Nasi kebuli, a similar dish from Indonesia". Nasi kebuli begins with " is an Indonesian variation of pilaf". Given that pilaf already covers many regional variations, from Crimea in Europe to Asia, why does the Indonesian variety have a stand-alone article? Merge and redirect it here. _{Piotrus at Hanyang| reply here} 14:20, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nasi kebuli is not the only standalone variety article of pilaf; there are also Kabuli pulao, Bannu pulao, and Maqluba. If these standalone articles can be further expanded, I see no reason to merge it, in line with WP:NOTMERGE. Ckfasdf (talk) 12:29, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed in pilaf article, the gallery presents Uzbek plov and Osh Plov as if they are separate dishes as they are presented with different names, despite those names all refer to essentially the same traditional Uzbek rice dish. Osh is just the more formal name used inside Uzbekistan while Uzbek plov is merely widely used outside Uzbekistan - but it's the same thing. Albeit there's over 40 variations of the dish and its popular enough to transcend boundaries. But to avoid misleading readers to think they are two separate things, I believe they should be all given one name, and also a side mention that the dish indeed has other names. JaredMcKenzie (talk) 03:26, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]