Pilau rice contains spices like cardamom, cumin, cloves and cinnamon. Rice is prepared with spices and butter, which gives it a buttery spicy flavour. Pilau rice can be made into a vegetarian dish where vegetables like roasted carrots, beans, peas and capsicum are added to the preparation.
It can also be made into a non-vegetarian rice meal where chicken bhuna or mutton pieces are cooked with rice and different types of herbs and spices to get a unique creamy spicy flavour.