Feeling like a bit of indulgence? A sealed type of rice cooker is actually a fabulous way of making a cheesecake. This is because the moisture and flavour is kept within the cake. Cheesecake can be combined with everything from chocolate to blueberries. This recipe with fudge is our greedy panda favourite and made in an 8 cup Bamboo IH ...

Rice, rice and more rice, we look in depth at the different and most common varities available American rice Thanks to technology that has eliminated the human labour factor in rice-growing, the U.S. is the world’s 12th largest exporter of rice. Arkansas, northern California and Texas are leading growers, with mega-farms that use laser technology from scaling the fields to ...

Saffron rice

  A great rice recipe when plain basmati rice just won’t do. The saffon adds such a lovely, bright golden color to the rice, in contrast with the crimson saffron threads dispersed throughout. Saffron rice has a delicate, floral aroma that you can’t duplicate with any other spice. There are 3 secrets making this rice. Secret No.1: Use good quality ...

Coconut ginger rice is prepared by cooking white rice in coconut milk or coconut flakes. As both the coconut and the rice plant are indigenous in places all around the world, coconut rice too is found in many cultures spanning across the equator from the Caribbean to South-East Asia. This recipe adds the warmth of ginger to enhance this popular ...

Cooking perfect rice First of all we always advise people to buy the very best rice they can – we usually use basmati and Thai jasmine rice for our plain white rice. When choosing packs of rice, make sure there aren’t too many broken grains in there as this can sometimes cause a problem with sticky rice – make sure ...

A tasty but simple Thai dish – this is a ‘go-to’ meal all over Thailand for lunch, it’s usually served ‘on rice’ and topped with a fried egg hat.We prefer our eggs semi runny and is the normal serving style. The egg on the top is a very popular way of way of serving this dish in Thailand. It may ...

Our greedy panda loves the tanginess of this sweet and sour recipe and how it blends with long grain rice. With thanks to Jan on the Yum Asia team for this delicious recipe, our greedy panda loves the tanginess of this recipe and how it blends well with her favourite long grain rice. It’s one of our firm favourites and ...

Saucy, sticky, crispy, sweet and savoury cashew chicken! Historically a Chinese and Thai dish and when served with rice from your rice cooker, this recipe is better than a takeaway and is authentic like in Asia. If you prefer a vegetarian version substitute chicken stock for vegetable stock and replace the chicken pieces with tofu pieces. ...

This recipe was an experiment – completely made up as we went along which turned out really well. A tasty, moreish blend of ginger and sweet chilli which goes perfectly with rice. **If you prefer a vegetarian version substitute chicken stock for vegetable stock and replace the chicken pieces with tofu pieces. Here is our vegetarian Ginger Chilli Tofu ...

This Spanish influenced dish is one of the national dishes of the Philippines. Adobo done correctly is yummy and can be made with chicken or pork. As this recipe is traditionally meat heavy we usually also add carrots and some other veg like red pepper, broccoli and cauliflower, but the dish can be served with just pork. ...