How to pronounce Bannu pulao

Bannu pulao is written بنوں پلاؤ where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /bənːuː pʊlɑːʊ/. In plain English letters that is BUN-noo pu-LOW, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Bannu pulao?

Bannu pulao is a rice dish of Pakistan. Where it comes from: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and on festive days. Its main ingredients are beef and rice. It tastes savory and rich.

Where Bannu pulao comes from

Bannu pulao is one of 15 signature dishes of Pakistan on this map.

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• Nihari نہاری · Main dish · Karachi (from Old Delhi)

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• Sindhi biryani سندھی بریانی · Rice dish · Sindh

  Biryani, rice layered with meat and spices and steamed together, came to South Asia with Persian and Mughal influences.

• Chargha چرغہ · Main dish · Punjab

  Chargha is a whole chicken that is marinated, steamed and then deep-fried, and it comes from Lahore in Pakistan's Punjab.

• Karahi gosht کڑاہی گوشت · Main dish · Punjab

  Karahi gosht is goat or mutton cooked quickly in a karahi, the deep, wok-like iron pan of South Asia, and served in the pan with naan or roti; made with chicken it is chicken karahi.

• Sohan halwa سوہن حلوہ · Dessert · Punjab

  Sohan halwa is a dense, brittle sweetmeat made by boiling water, sugar, milk and cornflour until the mixture sets solid, flavoured with saffron and studded with almonds, pistachios and cardamom; ghee keeps it from sticking to the pan.

Food of Pakistan

Dishes like Bannu pulao in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Bannu pulao:

• Akhni আখনি · Rice dish · Sylhet, Bangladesh

  Akhni, or akhni polao, is a mixed rice dish of rice, ghee, whole spices, vegetables and meat, cooked together in the pot.

• Bibimbap 비빔밥 · Rice dish · Jeonju, South Korea

  Bibimbap simply means "mixed rice": a bowl of warm rice topped with seasoned vegetables, often beef and an egg, all stirred together with chilli paste just before eating.

• Taco rice タコライス · Rice dish · Kin, Okinawa, Japan

  Taco rice is taco filling served on rice: seasoned ground beef, shredded cheese, lettuce and tomato over a plate of rice, with a tomato salsa.

• Plov palov · Rice dish · Tashkent and Samarkand, Uzbekistan

  Plov, osh in Uzbek, is rice cooked in a large cast-iron kazan with lamb or beef, carrots cut into long matchsticks, onions, garlic, chickpeas, raisins or quince, and cumin, in a generous amount of fat.