Biryanis made with brown basmati rice and are a specialty as one need to adjust the spices and condiments with meats or vegetable to perfection. Nothing less is acceptable and easily written off as not to the mark. Biryani was brought to Indian subcontinent by muslim merchants and today Indian biryanis are worlds famous, specially nothing like our Hyderabadi katchi biryani and soon gave birth to other south Indian variations to biryanis that are made at home on every special occasions.
The difference between biryani and pullao is that while pullao may be made by cooking the items together, biryani is used to denote a dish where the rice is cooked on separate or many layers from the other ingredients. You can see our basmati rice recipes and rice pilaf recipes.
We have many varieties of rices and biryani videos to choose from and will amaze your creative taste buds.
Some of the famous biryanis- Hyderabadi Biryani, Lucknowi Biryani, Kacchi Biryani, Sindhi Biryani, Shrimp Biryani, Chicken Biryani, Mutton Biryani, and Many Vegetable Biryani, Jackfruit Biryani.
Other Indian rices- Rice is a staple food throughout all of India. It is used more as a staple in the south, though, as it is a stronger crop in that region. And the variations are plenty like Curd Rice, Lemon Rice, Jera Rice, Coconut Rice, Methi Pulao, Tomato Rice, Capsicum Masala Rice.