Sindhi pulao is a traditional dish hailing from the province of Sindh. This dish is often compared to and even mistaken for another Sindhi specialty called sindhi biryani as the key ingredients of both dishes include rice and meat or vegetables. Other than that, sindhi pulao and sindhi biryani are two entirely different dishes.

Unlike the biryani, in which the ingredients are typically layered, the pulao tosses everything together into a one-pot meal. Other key differences between the dishes include their different methods of preparation and the number of spices used in each.

Sindhi pulao is made by combining all ingredients and cooking them with water or stock until the liquid is fully absorbed. Sindhi biryani, on the other hand, involves preparing the ingredients individually and then cooking them together in layers.

When it comes to spices, the pulao uses less spices than the biryani, which is highly aromatic and flavor-packed. Nevertheless, both dishes are staples in Sindhi households.