What is the difference between biryani to khabsa rice?

Question

is it the same?

Answer 1

Khabsa is like a Pulao. Traditionally, you cook the meat with enough water with spices. You cook the rice in meat stock and return the meat to it. It is a stove-top cooked dish. In modern cooking Khabsa may be baked

Biyan means fry before cooking. In traditional cooking, raw rice eand raw meat aree fried separately. The meat and rice are layered in a Handi, spicess and water added. Seal the Handi with a dough, and cook it over low heat for long time it is called Dumpukht cooking. In modern cooking, Biryani is made on stove top or baked in oven.

In modern cooking, the difference is that Biryani is a layered dish, and Khabsa is not.

Answer 2

'Biryani' is a rice dish from the Indian Subcontinent made from a mixture of spices, basmati rice, meat/vegetables and yogurt. There are many kind of biryanis and each kind has a uniqueness about it. From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, from East India to West India, there are different varieties of the dish. It can be considered a casserole dish, as the ingredients are ideally cooked together in the final phase and is time-consuming to prepare. Pre-mixed biryani spices from different commercial names are easily available in markets these days, which reduces the preparation time though the taste differs considerably.

The spices and condiments used in biryani are what primarily contribute to the taste; these are generally cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, bay leaves, coriander and mint leaves, apart from ghee, ginger, onions, garlic and yoghurt. The premium varieties include saffron. For a non-vegetarian biryani, the main ingredient that accompanies the spices is the meat or chicken, Domestic goat or lamb though vegetable biryani varieties are also popular. The dish is usually served with raita

They are very similar but there are some differences:

Indian biryani contains both yogurt and different spices such as garam masala.  Biryani is usually a spicy dish.

http://indianfood.about.com/od/ricerecip...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjvQ7T01t...

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Kabsa is a similar dish but traditionally does not use garam masala nor yogurt during the cooking process.  The meat is often cooked separately in a pressure cooker and then added to the dish.  Kabsa although very flavorful and tasty is usually not a spicy dish.

http://www.inmamaskitchen.com/RECIPES/RE...

http://arabicbites.blogspot.com/2008/01/...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabsa