Rice Dishes

🇲🇭Marshall Islands

Chukuchuk

Chukuchuk is cooked rice rolled into balls and coated with freshly grated coconut, making a soft, lightly sweet Marshallese side dish.

🇰🇷Tongyeong, South Korea

Chungmu gimbap

충무김밥

Chungmu gimbap, plain rice rolls served with squid and radish kimchi on the side rather than inside, is a named regional format with a documented Tongyeong origin.

🇨🇳China

Chwee Kueh

水粿

Steamed cups of soft rice-flour pudding, unmoulded and topped with salty preserved radish fried with garlic and chilli.

🇯🇵Japan

Chāhan

チャーハン

Japanese-style fried rice, lighter than Chinese versions, with egg, scallions, and char siu.

🇭🇰Guangdong, Hong Kong

Claypot Rice

煲仔饭

Rice cooked to order in a lidded clay pot with cured sausage, salted fish or chicken laid on top, finished with sweet soy poured round the rim.

🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau

Coconut Rice

Arroz de Coco

Guinea-Bissau rice cooked in coconut milk until fragrant, often served with fish or a stew.

🇰🇪Kenya

Coconut Rice

Wali wa nazi

A coastal Swahili rice cooked in coconut milk, a daily and coastal classic

🇱🇷Liberia

Coconut Rice

Liberian rice cooked with coconut milk and aromatics, served with fish, meat or vegetables.

🇳🇬Nigeria

Coconut Rice

Rice cooked in fresh coconut milk with pepper, onion and sometimes prawns, so the grain turns pale and rich.

🇻🇳Hoi An, Vietnam

Com Ga

Cơm gà

Hội An chicken rice: turmeric rice topped with shredded chicken, herbs and a dipping sauce.

🇻🇳Southern Vietnam, Vietnam

Com Tam

Cơm tấm

Saigon broken rice plate with grilled lemongrass pork chop, shredded pork skin, steamed egg meatloaf, pickled vegetables, and nuoc cham.

🇧🇳Brunei

Compressed Rice Cake

Lontong

Rice compressed in banana leaves and boiled until firm, served with various dishes as a staple

🇮🇩Indonesia

Cone Rice

Tumpeng

Javanese ceremonial rice shaped like a mountain cone, surrounded by various dishes symbolizing gratitude and abundance.

🇨🇩DR Congo

Congolese Fried Rice

Loso ya bulayi

Congolese fried rice; listed in Wikipedia's Congolese cuisine; rice cooked with vegetables, meat, and spices in a style influenced by colonial history; a popular dish in urban areas; reflects the fusion of Congolese and European culinary traditions; served as a main dish; the fried rice of the Congo; found at restaurants and street stalls.

🇨🇺Cuba

Congrí

Congrí oriental

A Cuban eastern rice and red beans cooked together with sofrito, a daily and regional classic

🇬🇾Guyana

Cook-Up Rice

Rice cooked down in coconut milk with black-eye or pigeon peas and whatever meat is in the house — salt beef, chicken, pig tail — into one pot.

🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis

Cook-up Rice

Cook-up

One-pot rice dish combining chicken, pig tail, saltfish, and vegetables with rice and pigeon peas; cooked with coconut milk and caramel (burnt sugar) for a distinctive deep gold colour; the dish that fed cane workers, fishermen, and big family Sundays alike; the cook-up of Saint Kitts and Nevis; a symbol of conviviality.

🇧🇸Christiansted, Bahamas

Crab and Rice

Land crab picked and cooked into rice with its fat, thyme, onion and pepper so the grains turn orange.

🇪🇸Valencian Community, Spain

Crusted Rice

Arroz con costra

A baked rice dish from Elche (Alicante) topped with beaten eggs that form a golden crust, with pork ribs, chicken, butifarra, and tomatoes underneath.

🇮🇳India

Curd Rice

தயிர் சாதம்

A comforting South Indian rice dish mixed with yogurt and tempered with mustard seeds, ginger, and curry leaves. Served at the end of meals.

🇻🇳Vietnam

Cơm cháy (Burnt Rice)

Cơm cháy

Com chay, the crisped rice cake of Ninh Binh served under goat meat and sauce, is a named regional dish bought by the bag as a souvenir.

🇻🇳Tam Kỳ, Vietnam

Cơm gà Tam Kỳ (Tam Ky Chicken Rice)

Cơm gà Tam Kỳ

Cơm gà Tam Kỳ is Tam Kỳ's turmeric-tinted chicken rice, served with shredded chicken, herbs, crisp vegetables, and a savoury dipping sauce.

🇻🇳Hue, Vietnam

Cơm hến (Clam Rice)

Cơm hến

Com hen, the Hue bowl of cold rice with baby clams, crackling and their broth, is a named city dish and one of Hue's defining foods.

🇻🇳Central Highlands, Vietnam

Cơm lam (Bamboo Cooked Sticky Rice)

Cơm lam

Com lam, sticky rice cooked inside a bamboo tube over fire, is a named highland dish and a distinct technique.

🇳🇵Nepal

Dal Bhat

दाल भात

Steamed rice is served with a pourable lentil soup, vegetables, pickle, and sometimes meat as Nepal's everyday meal.

🇳🇪Niger

Dambun Shinkafa

Flaked and seasoned rice preparation associated with Hausa cooking in Niger.

🇴🇲Dhofar, Oman

Dhofari Manshab

منصاب ظفاري

Dhofari Manshab combines meaty fried fish with aromatic rice cooked in coconut milk, a southern Omani coastal dish with a savory, fragrant finish.

🇮🇳Dindigul, India

Dindigul Biryani

திண்டுக்கல் பிரியாணி

A biryani from Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, made with jeeraga samba rice and curd-marinated meat. It has a tangy, peppery flavor.

🇭🇹Northern Haiti, Haiti

Diri ak Djon Djon

Rice steeped in the black liquor of dried djon djon mushrooms until it turns near-black, cooked with lima beans and shrimp.

🇭🇹Haiti

Diri Kole ak Pwa

Rice and red kidney beans cooked together in the bean liquor with epis, thyme and a whole scotch bonnet dropped in unbroken.

🇺🇸Louisiana, United States

Dirty Rice

A Cajun rice dish colored and flavored with finely chopped chicken giblets — the 'dirt'.

🇩🇲Dominica

Dominican Pelau

Pelau

One-pot rice dish with pigeon peas, chicken or meat, vegetables, and coconut milk; colored with caramelized brown sugar; a popular dish in Dominica; the pelau of Dominica; a hearty, sweet and savoury one-pot meal; a Caribbean classic.

🇩🇲Dominica

Dominican Rice and Peas

Rice and Peas

Rice cooked with pigeon peas, coconut milk, and local seasonings; a popular meal in Dominica; served with stewed chicken, fish, or meat; a staple of the Dominican lunch; the rice and peas of Dominica; a Caribbean comfort food; a versatile accompaniment.

🇨🇳Tibet, China

Dresil Sweet Rice

འབྲས་སིལ

Dresil, sweet saffron rice with droma roots and raisins served at Tibetan New Year and weddings, is a named ceremonial dish.

🇰🇷South Korea

Egg Rice

계란밥

A simple comfort dish of hot rice topped with a fried egg, soy sauce, sesame oil, and seaweed, mixed together before eating.

🇯🇵Japan

Ehomaki

恵方巻

Ehomaki, the uncut futomaki eaten whole in silence facing the year's lucky direction at Setsubun, is a named calendar food with a hard one-day window and a fixed ritual.