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Vegetable pulav is a spicy rice dish prepared by cooking rice with various vegetables and spices. The ancient Hindu text Mahabharata from India, mentions rice and meat cooked together, and the word "pulao" is used to refer to the dish in ancient Sanskrit works, such as Yajnavalkya smrti. A pulao is a dish consisting of rice and a mixture of either lentils or vegetables, mainly including peas, potatoes, french beans, carrots or meat, mainly chicken, fish, lamb, pork or prawn. It is usually served on special occasions and weddings, though it is not uncommon to eat it for a regular lunch or dinner meal. A pulao is often complemented with either spiced yogurt or raita. Biriyani is another rice dish in the Indian cuisine, similar to pulao, albeit with a different cooking method. The main distinction is that a biryani comprises layers of rice with meat or vegetables and it has more spices, the pulao is not layered and is cooked with light spices.