Pilau rice recipes

This side dish can be part-cooked in the kitchen, then quickly tossed together in a wok over the coals on the barbie

Make an exotic meal without fuss with this one-pan prawn pilau

This spicy rice serves eight so is ideal if you've got friends coming over for curry

Easy and cheap to recreate at home, students won't need to order takeaways ever again!

Learn how to cook basmati rice for perfect, fluffy results with an easy video guide from the BBC Good Food cookery team. All you need is a saucepan with a lid, a colander and a fork.

This lightly spiced, vibrant side dish is the perfect accompaniment to curry

Replace rice with freekeh for a deliciously different, low-calorie one-pot with red pepper and sweet sultanas

Slow cook your basmati in the style of a pilaf by steaming with spices for this Keralan-style Indian side dish

Try this fragrant and filling one-pot supper that works just as well with beef and chicken

Keep the washing-up down to an absolute minimum with this one-pot supper - you can even eat it out of the cooking dish!

This broad bean dish will add a Middle Eastern twist to any summer occasion

This wholesome and earthy pilau dish, packed with spinach and aubergine, uses ready-cooked wholegrain rice for a super quick meal

Bored of plain boiled rice? Adding some veg and a nutty crunch livens it up in this simple veggie supper

This healthy, Indian-inspired side dish is made from cauliflower florets instead of rice - a quick and gluten-free addition to curry night

This chicken pilau is not only satisfying, it's healthy too

Spice up your midweek meal with this healthy and flavour-packed recipe

Whip up a quinoa rice marvel in minutes - it's superhealthy and counts as 1 of 5-a-day

This pilaf is vibrant in colour and flavour, and particularly easy to make as the rice is cooked separately, then folded into the masala

Try something new with this aromatic, vegetarian, tomato-based curry packed with boiled eggs and served with spiced basmati

Wild salmon contains less saturated fat, is darker, has firmer flesh and a stronger taste, making it an ideal partner for these spice and citrus flavours

Make a smart Indian-inspired supper for two using storecupboard ingredients

Oven bake butternut squash, peppers and onions in North African spice then serve with superhealthy greens and basmati rice