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Rice

Oryza, Oryza sativa

Rice is a cereal grain. Cooks use its seeds.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Part used
Seed
Family
Poaceae
Cooked most in
Asia, Africa, Europe
Top country
Indonesia
Rice, whole

Photo: Musclewingz Yueyua · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use rice

Cooking with it

Long-grain rice tends to remain intact and fluffy when cooked. Most short-grain rice becomes sticky when cooked; Bomba is an exception.

Around the world

Where rice is cooked

110 dishes in the catalogue use rice. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list rice among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with rice

48 of the 110 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.
  • Kanji rumbi

    Indonesia

  • Arròs al forn

    Spain

  • Aşure

  • Banga rice

    Nigeria

  • Capoun

    France

  • Jambalaya

  • Koshari

    Egypt

  • Sholezard

    Iran

  • Shrimp Creole

    United States

  • Zlyvana kasha

    Ukraine

  • Sarma

    Greece

  • Bibimbap

  • Kolkata biryani

  • Pelau

    Dominica, Guadeloupe, Trinidad and Tobago

  • Amich

    Armenia

  • Doria

    Japan

  • Gulûl

  • Khao kha mu

    Thailand

  • Zarda

    India

  • Cabbage casserole

    Finland

  • Fırın sütlaç

    Türkiye

  • Omo tuo

    Ghana

  • Khichri

  • Nasi langgi

    Indonesia

  • Gimbap

  • California roll

    United States

  • Banga Rice

    Nigeria

  • Crousty

    France

  • Dewliser

  • Ghapama

    Armenia

  • Khao man gai

    Thailand

  • Potato biryani

    India

  • Unadon

    Japan

  • Yayla çorbası

    Türkiye

  • Shirin polo

    Iran

  • Nasi lapola

    Indonesia

  • Kalbûnî

  • Poke

    United States

  • Gamjabap

  • Curd rice

    India

  • Tah Chin

    Iran

  • Tuwon shinkafa

    Nigeria

  • Zosui

    Japan

  • Spicy porridge

    Indonesia

  • Red beans and rice

    United States

  • Bêran

  • Indori Poha

    India

  • Kongbap

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include rice.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: rice in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

Around the world

What rice is called

Names in 237 languages, from Wikidata.
  • Spanish

    arroz

  • French

    riz

  • Italian

    riso

  • Portuguese

    arroz

  • German

    Reis

  • Dutch

    rijst

  • Greek

    ρύζι · Όρυζα

  • Turkish

    pirinç · çeltik

  • Russian

    рис

  • Polish

    ryż

  • Arabic

    أرز · أرز (نبات) · رز · الرز

  • Persian

    برنج

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  • Afrikaans

    Rys · Oryza sativa

  • Albanian

    orizi

  • Amharic

    ሩዝ

  • ami

    panay

  • Angika

    चॉर

  • Aragonese

    roz

  • Aramaic

    ܪܘܙܐ

  • Armenian

    բրինձ

  • Aromanian

    urizu

  • Assamese

    চাউল

  • Asturian

    arroz

  • Atikamekw

    miromin

  • Awadhi

    धान

  • azb

    دویو

  • Azerbaijani

    düyü

  • Bakhtiari

    برنج

  • Balinese

    baas

  • Bambara

    malo

  • Bangla

    চাল

  • Banjar

    banih

  • Bashkir

    дөгө

  • Basque

    arroz

  • Batak Toba

    Boras

  • Bavarian

    Reis

  • bdr

    Buas

  • Belarusian

    рыс · рысавыя крупы

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    рыс

  • Betawi

    Tepung ketan

  • Bhojpuri

    चाउर

  • Bikol

    paroy

  • Bosnian

    riža

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    arroz

  • Breton

    riz

  • Bulgarian

    ориз

  • Buriat

    тутарга

  • Burmese

    စပါး · ဆန်

  • Cantonese

    稻米

  • Catalan

    arròs

  • cdo

    dêu

  • Cebuano

    Bugas

  • Central Dusun

    wagas

  • Central Kurdish

    برنج

  • Chamorro

    ineksa

  • Chechen

    дуга

  • Cherokee

    ᎪᏃᎮᏅ

  • Chinese

    稻 · 稻米 · 米 · 大米

  • Chuvash

    рис

  • Cornish

    rys · ris

  • Corsican

    risu

  • Crimean Tatar

    pirinç

  • Crimean Tatar (Latin)

    pirinç

  • Crimean Tatar (Romania)

    píríj

  • Croatian

    riža

  • Czech

    rýže

  • dag

    shinkafa · Mochi

  • Danish

    ris

  • Dinka

    lop

  • Divehi

    ހަނޑޫ

  • dty

    धान

  • Egyptian Arabic

    رز

  • eml

    rîs

  • Esperanto

    rizo

  • Estonian

    riis

  • Faroese

    rís

  • Fiji Hindi

    bhaat

  • Filipino

    palay

  • Finnish

    riisi

  • Fon

    Mɔlikún

  • Friulian

    Rîs

  • Gagauz

    pirinç

  • Galician

    arroz

  • Gan Chinese

    禾

  • gcr

    douri

  • Georgian

    ბრინჯი

  • Gilaki

    بج

  • Guarani

    arro

  • Gujarati

    ચોખા

  • Haitian Creole

    diri

  • Hakka Chinese

    vò-é

  • Hausa

    shinkafa · Shinkafa Abinci

  • Hebrew

    אורז

  • Hindi

    चावल

  • Hungarian

    rizs · Oryza sativa

  • hyw

    բրինձ

  • Icelandic

    hrísgrjón

  • Ido

    rizo

  • Igbo

    osikapa

  • Iloko

    bagas

  • Inari Sami

    riisi

  • Ingush

    дуга

  • Interlingua

    ris

  • Irish

    rís

  • Jamaican Creole English

    rais

  • Japanese

    米 · 米穀

  • Kabardian

    прунж

  • Kannada

    ಅಕ್ಕಿ

  • Kanuri

    Rice

  • Kara-Kalpak

    Gúrish

  • Karachay-Balkar

    принч

  • Kashmiri

    تۆمُل

  • Kashubian

    riz

  • Kazakh

    күріш

  • kbp

    mɔʋ

  • kge

    Biyas

  • Khmer

    ស្រូវ

  • Kinyarwanda

    umuceli

  • Korean

    쌀

  • Kurdish

    riz

  • kus

    mui

  • Kyrgyz

    күрүч · Шалы · Гүрүч · Шаалы

  • Ladino

    arroz

  • Lao

    ເຂົ້າຈ້າວ

  • Latin

    oryza

  • Latvian

    rīsi

  • lbe

    ппиринж

  • Lezghian

    дуьгуь

  • Ligurian

    riso · rîzo · rizu · risu

  • Limburgish

    ries

  • Lingala

    lɔ́sɔ

  • Lingua Franca Nova

    ris

  • Literary Chinese

    稻

  • Lithuanian

    ryžis

  • Lojban

    rismi

  • Lombard

    ris

  • Low German

    Ries

  • Low Saxon

    ries

  • Lower Sorbian

    rajs

  • Luxembourgish

    Räis

  • Macedonian

    ориз

  • Madurese

    Bherrâs

  • Maithili

    धान

  • Malagasy

    vary

  • Malay

    beras

  • Malayalam

    അരി · നെല്ല്

  • Maltese

    ross

  • Manchu

    ᠪᡝᠯᡝ

  • Māori

    raihi

  • Marathi

    तांदूळ

  • Mazanderani

    برنج · بینج

  • Min Nan Chinese

    bí · tiū-bí

  • Minangkabau

    bareh

  • Mingrelian

    ორზა

  • mnw

    သြောံ · သ္ၚု

  • Mongolian

    тутарга

  • Moroccan Arabic

    روز

  • Mossi

    Mui

  • N’Ko

    ߡߊ߬ߟߏ

  • nah

    ācintli

  • Navajo

    alóós

  • Nepali

    धान

  • Newari

    जाकि

  • Northern Sami

    risen · risenat

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    ris · Ris

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    ris

  • Obolo

    Ọrọsi

  • Occitan

    ris

  • Odia

    ଚାଉଳ

  • Old English

    Orysa

  • Ossetic

    пырындз

  • Ottoman Turkish

    برنج

  • Pampanga

    pale

  • Papiamento

    aros

  • pih

    rais

  • Punjabi

    ਚੌਲ · ਚਾਵਲ · ਝੋਨਾ

  • Quechua

    arrus

  • Romanian

    orez

  • rsk

    Рискаша

  • Rundi

    umuceri

  • Rusyn

    Рис

  • Samogitian

    rīžā

  • Sanskrit

    तण्डुलाः · व्रीहि:

  • Santali

    ᱫᱟᱠᱟ

  • Scots

    rice

  • Serbian

    пиринач

  • Serbian (Cyrillic)

    пиринач

  • Serbian (Latin)

    riža

  • Serbian (Latin)

    pirinač

  • Shan

    ၶဝ်ႈသၢၼ် · ၶဝ်ႈ

  • Shona

    mupunga

  • Sichuan Yi

    ꍯ

  • Silesian

    ryż

  • Simplified Chinese

    稻

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    稻米 · 稻 · 米 · 大米

  • Sindhi

    چانور

  • Sinhala

    වී · බත්

  • Skolt Sami

    riss

  • Slovak

    ryža

  • Slovenian

    riž

  • Somali

    bariis

  • Southern Sotho

    raese

  • Sranan Tongo

    aleysi

  • Sundanese

    béas

  • Swahili

    mpunga

  • Swedish

    ris

  • Swiss German

    Riis · Reis

  • Swiss High German

    Reis

  • szy

    yuku tipus sayun.

  • Tajik

    биринҷ

  • Tamil

    நெல்

  • Taroko

    masu

  • Tatar

    дөге

  • Tatar (Cyrillic)

    дөге

  • tay

    lmyun

  • Telugu

    వరి

  • Tetum

    hare

  • Thai

    ข้าว

  • Tibetan

    འབྲས།

  • Toki Pona

    pan palisa lili

  • Traditional Chinese

    稻米

  • Tumbuka

    mpunga

  • Tunisian Arabic (Arabic)

    روز

  • Turkmen

    bürünç · tüwi · şaly

  • Tyap

    cyia̱ga̱vang

  • Udmurt

    рис

  • Ukrainian

    рис · рис японський · рис індійський · рис (продукт харчування)

  • Upper Sorbian

    rajs

  • Urdu

    چاول

  • Uyghur

    گۈرۈچ

  • Uzbek

    guruch

  • Venetian

    rixo

  • Vietnamese

    gạo · cơm

  • Volapük

    risat

  • Võro

    riis

  • Walloon

    riz

  • Waray

    humay

  • Wayuu

    roo

  • Welsh

    reis

  • Western Frisian

    rys

  • Western Panjabi

    چوݪ · چاول · چول

  • Wolof

    ceeb

  • Wu Chinese

    稻

  • Yakut

    рис

  • Yiddish

    רייז

  • Yoruba

    ìrẹsì

  • Zaza

    rız

  • Zhuang

    haeuxbieg

  • Zulu

    ilayisi

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q5090

Photos

Photo: Musclewingz Yueyua · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons