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Thali

Rice dishes

Pilafs, biryanis, risottos, fried rice and porridges.

MealBreakfast Lunch Tea time Dinner Supper Snacks

DietVegetarian Vegan Fish and seafood Meat

Flattened riceVegan 🇮🇳 India and 5 moreRice grains flattened into flakes, used in sweet and savoury dishes across Asia Rice dish, Breakfast, Snacks

Chazuke茶漬け 🇯🇵 JapanCooked rice with green tea or broth poured over and topped with savory garnishes Main dish, Snacks, Lunch

Xôi 🇻🇳 VietnamVietnamese sticky rice, eaten plain or with sweet or savory toppings Rice dish, Breakfast, Lunch

Sticky rice in bambooVegan 🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreGlutinous rice roasted inside bamboo tubes, eaten sweet or savory across Southeast Asia Rice dish, Snacks

Stuffed musselsFish or seafood 🇹🇷 Turkey and 1 moreMussels filled with herbed rice, sold as street food in Turkey and Armenia Street food, Snacks

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Xôi: Khương Việt Hà, Public domain, source
Chazuke: matsukawa1971, CC BY 2.0, source
Flattened rice: Sanjay Acharya, aka Sanjay ach at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Stuffed mussels: Fenerli1978, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Sticky rice in bamboo: Wagaung at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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