Recipes with rice

Rice is the base of daily meals across Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and the Gulf. This page lists the dishes in our library that need rice as an essential ingredient: biryani and pulao, khichdi, fried rice, dosa and idli batters, and rice puddings such as kheer.

Basmati, sella and short-grain rice behave differently, so read the ingredient line before you start. Each recipe has numbered steps and timers.

Storage and swaps: store dry rice airtight and cool the cooked rice quickly, then refrigerate it within an hour or two and reheat until steaming hot. Basmati can stand in for most long-grain recipes, but do not swap it for short-grain rice in kheer or khichdi, which need the extra starch.

This collection has 39 dishes, including Egg Fried Rice, Chicken Pulao, Idli Sambar. A typical recipe takes about 65 minutes, and each one comes with step-by-step instructions and cooking timers.