Rice Dishes

🇮🇷Iran

Adas Polo

عدس پلو

Rice layered with lentils, fried raisins, dates and sometimes minced meat, sweet and savoury at once.

🇧🇩Sylhet Division, Bangladesh

Akhni

আখনি

Sylheti pilaf of chinigura rice cooked in a spiced meat stock with potato and dried fruit, wetter and darker than morog polao.

🇸🇦Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Al-Hassawi Rice

أرز حساوي

Al-Hassawi Rice is a red-grained variety cultivated in the Al-Ahsa oasis, with nutty flavor and firm grains that hold their shape.

🇧🇭Bahrain

Al-Mudalal

المدلل

Rice cooked with herbs and mixed with small pieces of chicken, finished with a special butter prepared specifically for this dish — a festive Bahraini rice preparation.

🇼🇸Samoa

Alaisa Fa'apopo

Alaisa fa'apopo is Samoan rice cooked with coconut milk until creamy and fragrant, served as a rice dish at family and communal meals.

🇮🇷Iran

Albaloo Polo

آلبالو پلو

A Persian sweet-sour rice dish with sour cherries, saffron and chicken or meatballs, layered and steamed, a festive polo.

🇪🇸Valencian Community, Spain

Alicante Fish-Stock Rice

Arròs a banda

Alicante Fish-Stock Rice, locally arròs a banda, cooks rice in concentrated fish stock and traditionally serves it apart from the fish with allioli.

🇮🇳Ambur, India

Ambur Biryani

அம்பூர் பிரியாணி

A Tamil Nadu biryani from Ambur, made with seeraga samba rice and a strong onion-tomato flavor. It is served with brinjal curry.

🇹🇷Central Anatolia, Turkey

Ankara tava

Ankara Tava is a Turkish lamb-and-rice bake associated with Ankara, cooked until the meat is tender and the grains absorb the sauce.

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda

Antiguan Seasoned Rice

Seasoned Rice

One-pot rice cooked with pigeon peas, meat, and island seasoning until every grain is savoury; Antigua's everyday rice dish and a cookout staple

🇮🇹Sicily, Italy

Arancini

Sicilian golden fried rice balls filled with ragù, mozzarella, and peas (al ragù) or with ham and béchamel (al burro). Named for their resemblance to small oranges.

🇸🇦Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Araz Madini

عرز مدني

Traditional dish from Al-Madinah region of white steamed rice topped with tender meat in rich red-colored broth, distinctive red broth color with tender meat and well-seasoned rice with depth of flavor, a Medina regional specialty.

🇮🇩Central Java, Indonesia

Arem-Arem

Arem-Arem is a banana-leaf-wrapped roll of ordinary rice with a savoury vegetable or sambal-goreng filling.

🇮🇩Central Java, Indonesia

Aromatic Rice

Nasi Liwet

Solo-style rice cooked in coconut milk and chicken broth with bay leaves, lemongrass, and pandan, served communal-style.

🇲🇽Veracruz, Mexico

Arroz a la Tumbada

A Veracruz one-pot rice dish cooked with shrimp, fish, and tomato until the rice absorbs the seafood broth.

🇳🇮Nicaragua

Arroz Aguado

A Nicaraguan rice soup of chicken, tomato, and rice simmered until the rice swells and the broth thickens.

🇨🇴Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Arroz Atabaqueado

A Pacific-coast rice dish of fish, coconut milk, and spices, cooked until creamy. A Chocó and Valle del Cauca specialty, served with plantains and avocado.

🇨🇴Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Arroz Atollado

A Cauca and Valle del Cauca rice stew of rice, pork, chicken, potatoes, and spices, cooked until thick and creamy. A rustic, hearty one-pot meal.

🇧🇷Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Arroz Carreteiro

A gaucho rice dish cooked with diced charque or carne de sol, onions, garlic, and tomatoes, traditionally prepared by cattle drivers on the trail.

🇵🇪Peru

Arroz Chaufa

Chinese-Peruvian fried rice with soy sauce, scallions, egg, and various meats. A chifa staple from Cantonese-Peruvian fusion.

🇧🇷Goiás, Brazil

Arroz com Pequi

A Goiás and Central-West rice dish cooked with the yellow pequi fruit, giving the grains a fruity, slightly resinous flavor and a buttery texture. Eaten by scraping the flesh from the spiky seed.

🇪🇨Arequipa, Ecuador

Arroz con Camarones

An Ecuadorian coastal rice dish with shrimp, peppers, tomatoes and annatto, cooked into a colorful one-pot meal similar to a Latin American paella.

🇨🇴Colombia

Arroz con Chorizo

A Colombian rice dish cooked with chorizo, peppers, and onions, giving it a reddish, savory flavor. A simple, hearty family meal across the country.

🇨🇴Colombia

Arroz con Coco

Colombian Caribbean coconut rice: white rice cooked with coconut milk, sugar, and raisins, giving it a sweet, golden flavor. Served with fish and coastal meals.

🇵🇦Panama

Arroz con Guandú

Panama's signature rice dish with pigeon peas, coconut milk, and herbs, a Christmas and daily staple

🇲🇽Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

Arroz con lima

A Yucatecan rice cooked with lime leaves, giving it a bright, citrusy aroma and a light green tint.

🇵🇪Peru

Arroz con Mariscos

Peruvian seafood rice, similar to paella, loaded with shrimp, clams, squid and fish in a saffron-achiote broth. A coastal party dish.

🇪🇨Ecuador

Arroz con Menestra y Carne Asada

White rice with lentil or bean menestra, grilled steak, plantains and avocado, a filling Ecuadorian coastal plate.

🇪🇨Ecuador

Arroz con Pato

Ecuadorian duck and rice cooked with beer, cilantro and spices until the rice is tinted green and the duck is tender. A special-occasion dish.

🇵🇪Lambayeque, Peru

Arroz con Pato

A northern Peruvian rice-and-duck dish from Lambayeque, seasoned with cilantro, ají and dark beer.

🇪🇭Western Sahara

Arroz con pescado

Nicaraguan rice cooked with fish, tomato, onion, and coconut or annatto, a coastal specialty.

🇪🇨Ecuador

Arroz con Pollo Ecuatoriano

Arroz con pollo

Ecuadorian chicken and rice tinted yellow with achiote and spices, cooked with peas, carrots and peppers. Served with fried plantain and salad.

🇧🇴Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Arroz con Queso

A Bolivian dish of rice cooked with cheese, milk, and spices, a Santa Cruz and lowland classic.

🇵🇹Portugal

Arroz de bacalhau

Rice baked with shredded salt cod and olives.

🇲🇿Mozambique

Arroz de Coco

Rice cooked in coconut milk as a Mozambican coastal accompaniment.

🇧🇷Brazil

Arroz de Hauçá

A Northeastern rice dish associated especially with Maranhão and Bahia, made with chicken, dried shrimp and dendê oil and linked to Candomblé ritual food.