Sunda’s crisp rice salad (nam khao) It's the Melbourne restaurant's simplified version of the Lao-style salad, with crisp and crunch from the deep-fried jasmine rice.
Kerala-style prawn curry with cauliflower rice Cauliflower rice makes a fine alternative to the real thing, adding extra nuttiness to this fragrant Indian-style prawn curry.
Kingdom of Rice’s fried rice with dried shrimp The salty, oceanic taste of the shrimp with the sour-sweetness of the green mango, a little heat from the chilli and plenty of texture make this a complete dish.
Rice salad with peas, mint, zucchini, lemon and pine nuts A versatile summery salad that can be served warm or cold.
Sweet potato and black bean rice bowl Call this a power bowl if you like – we just call it super-tasty. There are layers of Mexican-inspired flavour in this deeply satisfying dish.
Risotto alla Milanese: anatomy of a dish This culinary golden child is dialled up with another northern Italian specialty, osso buco.
Macanese fried rice with cod The flavours of Portugal and China unite in this unusual spin on fried rice.