rice
(raɪs )
Word forms: rices
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Rice consists of white or brown grains taken from a cereal plant. You cook rice and usually eat it with meat or vegetables.
...a meal consisting of chicken, rice and vegetables.
Thailand exports its fine rices around the world.
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Collocations:
risotto rice short-grain rice sticky rice sushi rice uncooked rice white rice
Our risotto was made with locally produced carnaroli, the most forgiving risotto rice, and supermarket mushrooms bolstered by dried porcini.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Giant couscous is more like pasta than regular couscous but is cooked like risotto rice.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Add the risotto rice and cook for 2 min.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Its small, plump grains absorb the flavours of vanilla-infused milk better than long or short-grain rice.
Times, Sunday Times
It's ideal to use a short-grain rice when making risotto.
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Other sources stated that the limits were only placed on imported rice, and that non-imported medium- and short-grain rice remained in comparative abundance.
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Street vendors sell bundles of sticky rice bound in banana leaf.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Mains are served with crunchy fresh papaya salad and sticky rice.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
For dessert try the mango and sweet sticky rice, 4.95.
The Sun (2015)
Wash 600ml short-grain sushi rice (best measured by volume) thoroughly, then leave in a sieve to dry for at least 30 min.
Times, Sunday Times
Ten kilos of sushi rice, seaweed sheets and plenty of wasabi paste.
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Sprinkle 120ml sushi rice seasoning vinegar evenly and mix gently but thoroughly.
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Spoon some dressing on to a plate, add as much sushi rice as you like (maybe use a ring to get the look right).
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Rainbow rolls (10) - rolls of sushi rice filled with lettuce, cucumber, avocado and pickled burdock - make a great vegetarian choice.
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Once they've mastered the basics, use a paper plate of uncooked rice instead.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Serve with basmati rice, allowing 100 g uncooked rice for two people.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
My skin is the colour of uncooked rice, except for the cold sore that loiters malignantly on my upper lip.
LOVE YOU MADLY (2001)
They each got a bowl of uncooked rice and a sixpence, I remember enjoying putting the sixpence in their bowl.
The Golden Thread - Asian experiences of post-Raj Britain (1990)
Serve with the mooli, some white rice, and miso soup if you wish.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
After we had eaten the pinto beans with chili powder and white rice for supper we sat by the propane stove for a while.
Serve with steamed white rice and curry.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Avoid processed products as much as possible, especially white flour and white rice.
Bad Breath (1994)
Season to taste, garnish with fresh coriander and serve on a bed of steaming hot white rice.
The Sun (2013)
Translations:
Chinese: 大米
Japanese: 米
- decorous
- decorously
- decor style
- decorum
- decouple
- decoy
- decrease
- decrease an amount
- decrease anxiety
- decrease demand
- decrease dramatically
- decrease drastically
- decrease efficiency
- decrease gradually
- decrease markedly
- decrease pain
- decrease production
- decrease productivity
- decrease rapidly
- decrease sharply
- decrease significantly
- decrease slightly
- decrease speed
- decrease spending
- decrease steadily