Whether you take it as a side with Chinese roast duck, tossed through with some Cuban beans and pulled beef, or simply fried with seafood, chicken or pork, there are few foods that beat the versatility of rice. Check out our slideshow for more than 30 of the ways we like to serve it.
Saffron and lemon rice with fried onion
Rice mixed with kidney beans
Mexican red rice
Pea and cucumber rice salad
Chinese roast duck with brown rice, peas and cucumber
Yangzhou fried rice
Chilli fried rice with Chinese roast duck and lychees
Rice fritters with vanilla cream
Green rice pilaf with coriander and onions
Anchovy fried rice
Venus rice
Genovese vongole with rice
Torta di riso
Braised rainbow silverbeet with brown rice, feta and egg
Sticky black rice with coconut cream, ginger syrup and banana
Silverbeet, rice and feta fillo tart
Cuban black beans and rice with pulled beef
Rice pudding with vanilla and caramelised mandarin compote
Grilled lemongrass chicken with tomato rice
Chinese sticky rice prawn parcels
Habibi rice
Rice pudding
Rose and almond rice pudding
Rice with chorizo and chicken
Spanish-style seafood saffron rice
Pineapple rice
Saffron pilaf
Japanese prawns and rice with hot spring eggs
Vietnamese rice paper rolls
Ocean trout with lemon cardamom rice
Shaanxi-style lamb with rice
Sticky rice lotus dumplings with roast chilli vinegar
Rice with peas
Stilton and ham risotto