Rice Pilaf with Nuts and Dried Fruit

A beautifully fragrant Rice Pilaf with pistachios, almonds and dried fruit. Perfect for your holiday feasting table or a side for a Middle Eastern meal!

Heavenly Creamy Cinnamon Rice Pudding

An effortless, straightforward recipe for a creamy rice pudding. Cinnamon and sultanas makes it delicious as is but a scoop of ice cream puts it over the top!

Vanilla Rice Pudding

Make the silkiest, smoothest rice pudding that actually tastes like rice with just milk, leftover rice, and sugar.

Vegetable Biryani

Fragrant basmati rice cooked with braised vegetables, seasoned with spices and aromatic waters, and garnished with caramelized onions, dried fruit, and nuts.

Curd Rice (Indian Rice with Yogurt)

This stuff is pure comfort food, the Indian macaroni and cheese (well, if your spicy-happy grandmother made macaroni and cheese). Flash-fried curd chiles serve as a garnish here, to be broken into bits with a spoon and mixed with the...

Curried Rice

A really great Curried Rice that won't disappoint! This basmati rice recipe is flavoured with curry powder plus extra spices to to give it great flavour.

Persian Saffron Rice (Tachin)

The golden crust on this Persian Saffron Rice looks and taste incredible!!! Called Tachin, this rice is made with yogurt, saffron, yolks and butter.

Thai-Inspired Coconut-Pandan Rice Pudding With Fresh Mango

[Photograph: Leela Punyaratabandhu] An easier, quicker, more stovetop-friendly version of the iconic Thai dessert, Khao Niao Ma-muang, this coconut rice pudding and mango retains all of the flavors found in the original dish by which it is inspired. Pandan leaves...

Arroz con Leche (Rice Pudding)

This arroz con leche is flavored with orange rind, cinnamon, and (optional but highly recommended!) dark rum; the scent is deep and sultry.

Chickpea Rice Pilaf

Fragrant Middle Eastern Chickpea Rice - 5 minutes of prep, no chopping, then the hardest part is patience while the rice rests for 10 minutes! This rice is so delicious it only needs something simple to accompany it, like roasted vegetables or a simple piece of grilled fish.