Hyderabadi Chicken Biryani
Hyderabadi dum biryani, where marinated chicken and part-cooked rice are layered raw and sealed to steam in their…
Basmati, short-grain, glutinous and everything cooked in it. 413 recipes on the site call for rice.
Fried rice, risotto, biryani, paella, pilaf, rice puddings and bowls. Each dish wants a particular rice (basmati, arborio, short-grain, long-grain), and the ingredient list names the kind, because swapping one for another changes how much liquid it takes and how it cooks.
Rice is in 413 recipes from 61 cuisines, among them 272 dinners, 31 lunches, 29 quick meals and 21 desserts. The cuisines that use it most here are American (65), Indian (31), Chinese (30) and Italian (25). Of these, 67 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Thai Basil Fried Egg (7 min), Khao Kai Jeow (10 min) and Khai Jiao (13 min). For 106, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 248 easy, 145 medium and 20 hard.
As written, 109 are vegetarian, 40 vegan, 169 gluten-free and 229 dairy-free. Another 23 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
Hyderabadi dum biryani, where marinated chicken and part-cooked rice are layered raw and sealed to steam in their…
Marinated raw lamb layered under half-cooked rice and sealed with dough, so the meat and rice cook together in…
The test of any wok cook: separate grains, wisps of egg through every mouthful, and that faint smoky note from the…
Japan's favourite comfort food: a panko-crusted chicken cutlet sliced over rice and flooded with a thick, gently…
Rice cooked in a reduced pepper and tomato base until the grains are stained deep orange and a smoky crust forms at…
The Valencian original, with chicken, rabbit and beans rather than seafood, cooked flat in a wide pan until a…
Cracking the coconut cream until the oil separates, then frying the paste in it, is the step that turns a flat curry…
Warm coconut-soaked glutinous rice with cold ripe mango and a salty coconut sauce poured over. Naturally vegan, and…
A bowl of rice topped with individually seasoned vegetables, marinated beef, a fried egg and gochujang, mixed…
Strips of seared beef in a mustard and soured cream sauce with mushrooms, done in twenty-five minutes. It is a fast…
Thinly sliced beef marinated in soy, pear and sesame, then seared fast so it caramelises without stewing. Twenty…
Chicken marinated in turmeric and lemongrass, threaded onto skewers, grilled over charcoal, and served with a peanut…
Real teriyaki is a technique, not a bottled sauce: chicken pan-fried until the skin crackles, then glazed in a…
Rice steamed in coconut milk with pandan, served with sambal, fried anchovies and peanuts, cucumber and a boiled or…
Chicken and vegetables in a coconut curry built by cracking the cream, frying the paste in the separated oil, and…
Chicken braised in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic and bay until the sauce reduces to a dark glaze. The Philippines'…
Cubed raw tuna dressed in soy, sesame and sweet onion over rice. Hawaiian in origin and Japanese in influence, and…
Thailand's most-eaten dish: minced pork fried hard with garlic and chillies, tossed with holy basil, and served over…
Chicken marinated overnight in scotch bonnet, allspice and thyme, then cooked slowly over indirect heat until the…
Louisiana rice cooked in one pot with the holy trinity, andouille sausage, chicken and prawns. The Creole version…
Indonesian fried rice built on kecap manis and terasi, topped with a fried egg and prawn crackers. Every household…
San Francisco's contribution to world food: a steamed flour tortilla wrapped around rice, beans, meat, cheese, salsa…
A whole chicken poached gently and plunged into ice, with rice cooked in the poaching stock and rendered chicken…
Rice paper rolls packed with prawns, pork, herbs and vermicelli, served cold with peanut dipping sauce. Nothing is…
Everything in gumbo rests on the roux: flour and fat cooked patiently to the colour of milk chocolate, then built…
Seasoned rice and a row of cooked fillings rolled in seaweed, brushed with sesame oil and cut into coins. Korea's…
Curry laksa: a coconut and spice paste soup with two kinds of noodle, prawns, tofu puffs and cockles, finished with…
Arroz rojo: rice toasted in oil until it smells nutty, then simmered in a tomato and garlic broth until every grain…
Chicken and egg over rice — the name means "parent and child" — simmered together in a sweet-savoury dashi until the…
Beef short ribs butterflied thin, marinated in soy, pear and sesame, and grilled over fire until the sugars char…
Peru's great fusion dish: beef stir-fried in a wok with onion, tomato and soy sauce, served with both chips and…
The inside-out roll that introduced the West to sushi: crab, avocado and cucumber wrapped in seasoned rice and…
Goat browned and stewed for hours with Jamaican curry powder, thyme and scotch bonnet until it falls off the bone…
The golden crust at the bottom of the rice pot, made deliberately: parboiled basmati steamed over a layer of yoghurt…
Finely diced pork belly braised in soy, five spice and fried shallots until it becomes a glossy, gelatinous sauce…
Flank steak simmered until it shreds, then stewed in a sofrito of peppers, onions, olives and cumin until the sauce…
Rice cooked in coconut milk with kidney beans, thyme, spring onion and a whole scotch bonnet left in and lifted out…
Steamed rice and lentil cakes, sour from natural fermentation and light as a sponge, served with a tamarind-sharp…
Thinly sliced beef and onion simmered for four minutes in dashi, soy and mirin, then tipped over rice. Japan's…
Roasted vegetables, a grain, a pulse and something green in one bowl, held together by a tahini dressing loosened…
A paper-thin, tangy fermented crêpe wrapped around spiced potato, with coconut chutney and sambar alongside. South…
Rice and cinnamon soaked overnight, blended and strained into a sweet, milky drink served over ice. The standard…
Thin rice vermicelli stained yellow with curry powder, tossed with prawns, char siu and egg. Despite the name it is…
Pork belly and vegetables in a broth soured with tamarind, sharp enough to make you sit up, eaten with rice and a…
The mildest and most aromatic Thai curry, carrying Persian and Indian influence in its cinnamon, cardamom and…
A Japanese diner classic: ketchup-seasoned chicken rice wrapped in a thin omelette, either folded neatly or, in the…
The Persian herb stew: several bunches of herbs fried down almost to black, with lamb, kidney beans and dried limes…
Fried rice with pineapple, cashews and a curry-scented edge, served in the hollowed shell if you are feeling…