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Dosa

A dosa is a thin, pancake-like dish originating in South India. It’s made from a fermented batter of rice and black lent...

Fermented Breakfast Crepe South Indian

9.2 Excellent

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Khao Niao Mamuang

Khao Niao Mamuang is a traditional Thai dessert featuring cooked glutinous rice infused with rich, sweet coconut milk. I...

Dessert Sweet Thai Mango

9.0 Excellent

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Zereshk Polo

Zereshk Polo is an Iranian saffron-tinted rice dish studded with tart dried barberries (zereshk), traditionally paired w...

Aromatic Persian Festive Saffron

8.8 Great

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Arroz con Gandules

Arroz con Gandules is the national dish of Puerto Rico, consisting of rice and pigeon peas cooked with sofrito, pork, an...

Traditional Festive Sofrito Puerto Rican

8.7 Great

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Idli

Idli is a traditional savory steamed cake from South India, notable for its unique texture achieved by fermenting a batt...

Fermented Breakfast Steamed South Indian

8.7 Great

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Chicken Biryani

Chicken Biryani is a widespread variation of the traditional Indian dish, featuring marinated chicken layered with basma...

Indian Chicken Spiced Festive

8.6 Great

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Maqlouba

Maqlouba is an Arab upside-down rice dish layered with meat and vegetables, cooked in a pot and dramatically flipped ont...

Lamb Festive Upside Down Levantine

8.5 Great

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Zongzi

Zongzi are traditional Chinese sticky rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves, famously consumed during the Dragon Boat...

Chinese Festive Dumpling Sticky Rice

8.5 Great

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Babi Guling dengan Nasi

Babi Guling dengan Nasi is Bali's famed spit-roasted pig served with rice, notable for its crispy skin and rich flavorin...

Balinese Ceremonial Spiced Festive

8.5 Great

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Shakh Plov

Azerbaijani festive rice pilaf encased and baked inside a thin dough crust (gazmag), making it a showpiece dish traditio...

Elegant Traditional Festive Azerbaijani

8.5 Great

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Maqluba

Arab upside-down rice dish layered with lamb or chicken and fried vegetables then flipped onto a platter; considered a n...

Eggplant Festive Cauliflower Upside Down

8.5 Great

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Chirashi Sushi

Chirashi Sushi is a Japanese scattered-sushi bowl of vinegared rice topped with assorted sashimi and vegetables, traditi...

Traditional Japanese Seafood Festive

8.3 Great

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Sabzi Polo

Sabzi Polo is an Iranian herb rice fragrant with parsley, cilantro, and fenugreek, the customary Nowruz dish paired with...

Traditional Herb Persian Festive

8.3 Great

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Jollof Rice (Ghanaian)

Ghanaian Jollof Rice is a West African dish of long-grain rice cooked in a spicy tomato base, celebrated for its smoky f...

Spiced Tomato Festive West African

8.3 Great

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Nasi Campur Bali

Nasi Campur Bali is an Indonesian mixed rice dish from Bali, notable for comprising a serving of white rice surrounded b...

Traditional Variety Balinese Mixed

8.3 Great

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Zarda

Zarda is a traditional sweet boiled rice dish from the Indian subcontinent, notable for its bright yellow color derived...

Dessert South Asian Festive Saffron

7.5 Good

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Roz bel Laban

Arab rice pudding of short-grain rice simmered in sweetened milk and scented with rose or orange blossom water, a widesp...

Traditional Dessert Sweet Egyptian

7.5 Good

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Sheer Branj

Sheer Branj is a Persian and Afghan rice pudding made by slow-cooking rice in milk with sugar, cardamom, and rosewater,...

Dessert Sweet Persian Saffron

6.8 Fair

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Meethe Chawal

Meethe chawal is a sweet rice delicacy from North India, famous for being cooked with basmati rice, sugar, saffron, card...

Yellow Dessert Festive Punjabi

6.8 Fair

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Xalwo

Somali sweet confection of sugar, ghee, and cornstarch flavored with cardamom and saffron, traditionally prepared for Ei...

Dessert Sweet Festive Cardamom

6.5 Fair