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Pakistani rice dishes are popular across the country, and based onPakistan's role major producer, consumer, and exporterrice, withBasmati being the most commonly used variety. Rice is often served alongside or mixed with other dishes.
One of the simplest and most common meals in Pakistani cuisine is plain cooked rice (chawal) paired withdal (lentils).Khichdi is a comforting dish made by cooking rice and dal together, whileKarhi chawal consists of plain rice served with karhi, a yogurt-based curry.Biryani, a beloved dish, is prepared withbeef,lamb,chicken,fish orshrimp offering a rich and flavorful rice experience.
The rice is rinsed a few times in water and drained until the water turns from milky to clear. The rice should be soaked in water for at least 30 minutes before cooking. The unsoaked rice takes 25 minutes toparboil, whereas the soaked grains take only 15 minutes.[1] Rice should be parboiled tillal dente. Place the presoaked rice into a pot with some cold tap water at a ratio of about 1 cup rice to 1.5 cups water. Cook the rice, with the pot lid open, at medium heat till the water is mostly evaporated and tiny pockets of air are visibly forming in the rice as the water level evaporates and goes down below the rice. Once the water is almost fully evaporated, turn the heat to its lowest possible setting and close the lid with as tight a seal as possible. The aim now is to let the last bit of water steam in the pot and the rice will become al dente in the steam, this usually takes anywhere from 3 to 7 minutes.
The following is a list of most popular rice dishes inPakistan.
| Name | Image | Legume, pulses or main ingredient | Description |
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| Biryani |  | rice and chicken, beef or mutton | Biryani is a rice dish in which different spices and meat is used . |
| Hyderabadi biriyani |  | ||
| Kheer |  | Milk and raisins | kheer is made by cooking milk until it is concentrated to a certain thickness and then sugar and raisins are added |
| Khichdi |  | rice | |
| Khushka Rice | |||
| Plain cooked rice |  | basmati or any type of rice | it is made by just boiling rice |
| Saffron rice |  | ||
| Sindhi biryani |  | ||
| Spiced rice | |||
| Tehri |  | Tehri is pictured left, served with kachumbar salad | |
| Pulao | Basmati rice withmutton,beef, orchicken. | ||
| Zeera rice |  | Steamed rice, Zeera (cumin), Zeera powder, ginger-garlic paste, salt, oil, chana dal and red chillies. | |
| Zarda | Sugar,candied fruit | Sweet dish of rice cooked invegetable oil orbutter, choppedcandied fruit and/or driedfruit,nuts, andspices |
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