Biryani and pulao are often confused.
What’s the key difference?

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Biryani uses partially cooked rice layered with pre-cooked spiced meat and finished together. Pulao cooks rice and meat together from the start. — Layering vs blending. Same ingredients, different geography of flavour. Purists will die on this hill.

Biryani and pulao are often confused. What’s the key difference?