The Currabinny Cooks: comforting rice dishes

There are few foods that have become so universal to every cuisine as rice. It is rare enough to find someone who won’t eat at least one type of rice — whether it is simple long-grain white rice or creamy sticky arborio or sushi rice, there is a variety for everyone and for all occasions.

Growing up neither of us ever ate that much rice and when we did it was just boiled long-grain rice served on the side with a curry or stir-fry — straightforward, reliable and a little boring, rice never really captured our imagination. It was only when we started to experience amazing Indian, Chinese, Japanese and Thai food in the wave of an expanding and diverse restaurant scene that rice started to become properly appreciated.