Highly spiced Eastern rice dish (5)

I believe the answer is:

pilau

(Other definitions for pilau that I've seen before include "Indian dish of rice boiled with meat, vegetables, spices etc" , "Type of rice" , "spicy stuff" , "Eastern food" , "Spicy rice dish from the East" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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