Rice Dishes

🇨🇭Ticino, Switzerland

Merlot Risotto

Risotto al Merlot

Risotto cooked with local red wine until the rice turns deep purple, finished with butter and alpine cheese.

🇮🇷Iran

Meygoo Polo

میگو پلو

A Persian shrimp and rice pilaf with tomato sauce, saffron, herbs and spices, a coastal specialty from the south of Iran.

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

Milk Rice

කිරිබත්

Rice cooked in thick coconut milk until it sets, pressed into a tray and cut into diamonds, eaten with chilli sambol or jaggery.

🇮🇩West Sumatra, Indonesia

Minang Rice

Nasi Kapau

Minang-style rice with various gulai dishes, similar to Nasi Padang but with Kapau village specialties.

🇧🇳Brunei

Mixed Rice

Nasi Campur

Steamed rice accompanied by small portions of various dishes including meats, vegetables, eggs, and crackers.

🇸🇷Suriname

Moksi Alesi

Rice cooked in one pot with salted meat, smoked fish or shrimp, beans and vegetables until everything takes the same colour.

🇮🇷Iran

Morasa Polo

مرصع پلو

A luxurious Persian wedding pilaf of jewelled rice with pistachios, almonds, barberries, carrots and orange peel, glazed with saffron.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Moro de Gandules

Dominican moro: rice cooked in one pot with pigeon peas, red or black beans, or split peas, plus sofrito and spices; coconut milk marks a common coastal or festive variation.

🇧🇩Dhaka, Bangladesh

Morog Polao

মোরগ পোলাও

Chinigura rice cooked in chicken stock with ghee, whole spices and a little sugar, with pieces of braised chicken folded through.

🇨🇺Cuba

Moros y Cristianos

Cuba's essential rice and black beans cooked together with sofrito, a daily and national staple

🇰🇼Kuwait

Muaddas

معدس

Rice cooked down with red lentils until the grains take on their colour, topped with dried shrimp, fried onion and a little clarified butter.

🇲🇿Mozambique

Mucapata

Rice cooked with mung beans and coconut milk into a soft green-flecked dish eaten with fish or curry.

🇸🇦Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Mufattah

مفطة

Mufattah is a Hijazi whole lamb or poultry preparation served over saffron rice with hard-boiled eggs and savoury accompaniments; it is not a pasta dish.

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

Muhalla

المحلة

Fish with rice, traditional Emirati fish and rice dish with local spices, fresh fish with perfectly cooked rice and balanced seasoning, a coastal heritage dish representing Emirati seafood tradition.

🇧🇭Bahrain

Muhammar

محمر

Rice cooked with date syrup or sugar, saffron and cardamom until it turns dark and sweet, served alongside fried fish.

🇰🇼Kuwait

Mumawwash

مموش

Mumawwash (Emmawash) is mung-bean rice cooked with dill and dried shrimp, often finished with fried onions and served with fish or another coastal side.

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

Mupunga uneDovi

White rice cooked and then stirred through with peanut butter until every grain turns pale orange, eaten as a main with greens.

🇮🇳Moradabad, India

Muradabadi Biryani

मुरादाबादी बिरयानी

A biryani from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh, made with chicken, yogurt, and whole spices. It is often colored with food coloring.

🇷🇴Romania

Mushroom Rice Pilaf

Pilaf cu ciuperci

Long-grain rice cooked with mushrooms, onion and stock until fluffy, a fasting and everyday side dish.

🇰🇼Kuwait

Mutabbaq Samak

مطبق سمك

Zubaidi or hamour fried whole, then laid on rice that has been cooked in the fish stock with turmeric, cumin and fried onion, and turned out upside down.

🇺🇿Uzbekistan

Nahor Oshi

Наҳор оши

Morning plov served at a wedding breakfast, with rice, carrots, meat, and a large kazan's slow-cooked aroma.

🇦🇫Afghanistan

Narenj Pulao

نارنج پلو

Saffron rice with candied bitter-orange peel, pistachio and almond, served with chicken at weddings.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Nasi Ambeng

Nasi Ambeng is a Javanese communal tray of rice surrounded by dry side dishes, shared and divided among diners

🇲🇾Malaysia

Nasi Briyani

Fragrant basmati rice cooked with meat and spices in layered dum style, distinct basmati aroma with tender meat.

🇲🇾Terengganu, Malaysia

Nasi Dagang

Served with fish curry.

🇮🇩Central Java, Indonesia

Nasi gandul

Nasi gandul, Pati's beef-and-coconut rice served on a banana-leaf-lined plate and eaten with a spoon of the same leaf, is a named regional dish.

🇧🇳Brunei

Nasi Goreng

Indonesia's national dish of stir-fried rice seasoned with kecap manis, garlic, shallots, and various proteins

🇲🇾Penang, Malaysia

Nasi Kandar

Penang-style steamed rice with various curries poured over, multiple curry gravies (kuah banjir), flavorful and rich.

🇧🇳Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

Nasi Katok

Brunei's most iconic affordable meal — plain steamed rice, a piece of fried chicken, and a generous dollop of spicy sambal; the name 'katok' means 'knock' from the old practice of knocking on vendors' doors late at night for this snack; traditionally wrapped in brown paper; originated in the 1980s at a Chinese family's residence in the Mabohai area.

🇲🇾Kelantan, Malaysia

Nasi Kerabu

Blue rice naturally dyed with butterfly pea flowers, served with herbs, fish or chicken, and crackers.

🇮🇩Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Nasi kucing

Nasi kucing ("cat rice"), the tiny banana-leaf rice parcel that anchors the angkringan street-stall culture of Yogyakarta and Solo, is a named item and the entry point to a whole eating institution.

🇧🇳Brunei

Nasi Lemak

Nasi Gemuk

Served with sambal, fried anchovies, peanuts, cucumber.

🇮🇩West Java, Indonesia

Nasi timbel

Nasi timbel, rice wrapped hot in banana leaf and served as the centre of a Sundanese spread, is a named West Javanese dish and a fixed restaurant format.

🇲🇾Malaysia

Nasi Tomato

Tomato-flavored rice with spices, red-orange color with subtle tomato flavor, aromatic and moist.

🇲🇾Kelantan, Malaysia

Nasi Tumpang

Conical-shaped rice dish with multiple layers of different curries and sides, packed for travel, distinct conical shape with multiple flavor layers.

🇲🇾Malaysia

Nasi Ulam

Herbal rice dish with up to 44 different herbs and shoots, fresh herb variety with fragrant aroma.