Ping Coombes demonstration with Sarah Rudder

Rice

Make rice the heart of your table with recipes from Malaysia and beyond

Growing up in Ipoh, Malaysia, Ping Coombes was inspired by her mother’s cooking. Now living in the UK and travelling globally, she draws inspiration from her heritage and delivers food with modern twists and local ingredients. Ping stunned the MasterChef judges with food inspired by her Malaysian heritage when she won the competition in 2014 and then again in 2022 when she won MasterChef Champion of Champions, becoming the first double MasterChef Champion.

About Rice

Rice is a symbol of life, prosperity and abundance in many Southeast Asian countries and a staple food all across the world. For Ping, growing up in Malaysia rice was always the sun around which all other dishes revolved.

In this beautiful homage to rice, Ping offers advice and timeless recipes that will make this a book for every rice-loving cook to treasure. She explains whether to wash rice, the different ways to cook it perfectly, how to reheat it safely, why sticky rice isn’t simply overcooked rice and how to elevate your rice-eating experience.

The recipes include rice dishes, dishes to partner with rice, sweet rice, savoury rice, rice snacks, foods made from rice, whole chapters on fried rice and one-pot rice, pickles and condiments and so much more. Try some of these dishes and you will completely change the way you think about this amazing grain.

Praise for Rice

‘For any lover of rice, this book must be in your repertoire. Why? Because not only is it everything you need to know about rice but it’s also packed with ideas of how to use it!’

Ken Hom, CBE

About Sarah Rudder

Sarah Rudder runs a niche bookshop in Shaftesbury specialising in food writing. Opening in 2023 the shop has built a strong community of food loving customers and offers great cookware, a wide range of spices and brilliant gifts for the gourmet in your life.

Sarah is a cheerleader for the less well-known voices and her events programme is as likely to offer you a conversation with a debut writer as it is Rick Stein or Diana Henry. A keen home cooker herself she loves all books that have food at their heart.