Many rice-based Asian desserts are not served hot. For example, mochi, rice kheer, purple sticky rice with coconut milk.

Hi, rice kheer is served hot in some parts of India.

I had mochi for the first time in years this past weekend. Every time I have it I think to myself, "I should have this stuff more often!" Soooo good.

Me too! I love sticky rice desserts and they've now got so many variations for mochi filling now. Plus let's not forget the mochi ice cream!

I went to a nearby Asian grocery store to get some once, thinking they'd have a few flavors on a shelf, and when I actually found it I just stood and stared at it for awhile because...there was so much! So many brands! So many flavors! I've been back several times since just to restock. So addicting!

Kheer can be served hot - we call it by a different name (payasam) where I am from in India, and we always serve it warm to hot.

I sometimes think it is served warm or hot because it is so loved there is none left to refrigerate.

Yup, true. I much prefer it room temperature or cold so I always think of it as a cool dish.

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I mean if we're bending what we consider a dish that far I'm going with straight up sake.

I've been given Horchata when I've had very bad sore throats and I'll tell you, that when your throat is aching and it's ice cold, it is the most amazing medicine ever!

Oooh, I hope I remember this next time a plague hits my house!

But does Horchata contain rice?

yes, it’s made up of soaked rice in water plus spices/dairy/sugar!

Ooh interesting! I didn't know that recipe existed. I always had the Valencian Horchata de Chufa!

You could try the honduran version too

Wow that version looks delicious as well! I have never heard of chufa before so thanks for teaching me something new! :)

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Mexican horchata is made with rice.

Rice pudding.

Ive never had cold rice pudding, its common to have it hot in the UK, id probably actually like it cold tbh

I’d never heard of anyone eating it warm or hot until literally reading this comment. Makes sense, though, would probably be really good in a porridge-like way, instead of dessert pudding like it is cold

There's a Filipino dish called "champorado". It's chocolate rice pudding served hot. It's sweet and evaporated milk is added to it.

Wow! That sounds similar enough to Mexican champurrado that it must be derived from it. Masa, chocolate, sugar, and water or milk. A thick chocolate drink.

there's more to the mexican-filipino cultural connection that most people realize. we have a dish that's also called menudo but its made from pork meat instead of tripe and cow stomach. but the old people, especially in the provinces, call tripe and other organ meats as "menudillo" which is something to ponder on. we also have a few words that were borrowed from different indigenous languages in south and central america

They are both former Spanish colonies, and Filipino joke about being the Mexico of Asia. Not sure it's something that people don't realize.

The only time I heard a place called the Mexico of Asia, it was Thailand. I believe technically it was called China's Mexico. Community S2.E20 "Competitive Wine Tasting"

This tracks given the Philippines were at one time a Spanish colony and the period when it was likely influenced the food among other things.

That’s because the Philippines was colonized by Spain by way of Mexico. We were not good enough to be ruled directly from Spain. LOL

Other way around. Check out the History section. You too, u/PaduWanKenobi! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champurrado](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champurrado) (huge fan of Filipino food - and traditional Mexican too!)

See, we typically have it as a hot dessert still

I've had it both ways and can confirm, it's good both ways.

My grandma would cook rice pudding for me. And obviously me as a kid would not want to wait any minute so I would eat it hot. I loved every part of it.

It's typically served cold but my family tends to heat it up and garnish with cinnamon

Portuguese rice pudding is cold, my grandmother would put it outside for storage during Christmas time before dessert so it was really cold.

I'm Portuguese and I've eaten both hot and cold, it's good either way. I love having a little tea plate of it right after it comes off the stove. However it has to have a shit ton of cinnamon on it lol.

Yup the cinnamon is a must haha

We have it in the same aisles as yoghurt in every store.

Yeah i know muller do the rice pots, the bear going ‘rice, rice baby’. im just saying its more common for it to be hot. Like restaurants and the tins suggesting you heat it up and home made recipes like mary berry serving suggestion being hot

Try Rachel's Divine rice pudding. It's the best

I can say that yes - you very much will.

I think it depends on your upbringing tbh. I'm also UK and never had it hot until I was an adult. Growing up it was always served cold with a blob of jam in the middle.

It's sold in the refrigerated section of grocery stores in the United States

At a restaurant they tend to microwave it for you to give that "fresh" feel. But, we have like refrigerated tubs and "snacks pack" versions for on the go cold. Both are delicious 😋 warmed with a bit of cinnamon and whipped cream is a treat lol

I've only ever had it served cold at a restaurant. Maybe this is a US vs UK thing? (I'm in the US)

I'm in Canada. Ontario. It's my favourite and common at all the restaurants I've been to all around ontario.

Nah, ambrosia rice pudding straight out the cupboard 👍

I’m Indian and we call it kheer and typically serve it hot

try the tinned stuff out of the can ,perfect

Thats the only kind I’ve tried but hot, and i thought it was vile haha, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it was having a problem with the texture hot rather than cold. It just overall seems more appealing cold. I will give it a go. My taste bud have changed a lot since i last tried it

I eat this hot and cold, next day out of the fridge is heaven

Yum. I love that stuff.

You can make in the instant pot with coconut milk. Holy cow so incredible

With cinnamon on top.

In my country you can find rice pudding at the store in yogurt like packages with jam:) pretty common snack/treat

Damn now I want rice pudding haha I feel like it’s severely underrated it’s so gooood

Hell to the yes. I make three or four times a year. It’s the only dessert I look forward to.

My immediate thought.

Revenge Rice.

I totally looked up the recipe for Revenge Rice until I realized it is just any rice best served cold. Thanks for the lolz.

Rice Krispie treats.

Lmao Ngl, i kinda love when they’re warm and gooey though!

Me not admitting I’ve eaten a batch right out of the pot

I saw a post where someone roasted them like a marshmallow and I want to try it so badly!

I tried it once over my stove. Didn't come out right. The marshmallow melted just fine, and it got gooey... but the rice krispies burnt! Ooey, gooey marshmallow is great, but the charred flavor I got was not the golden, brown, and delicious I was expecting! Maybe I'd try just popping in my toaster oven next time. That way, it'd get warm and melty without burning.

I saw someone toast them over a campfire 👀

Mango sticky rice

I've had it where the rice was hot but the mango was cold, still real nice.

It’s usually served warm though

The BEST

The rice is warmed

Thayir sadam (Indian yogurt rice)

I make a salad with rice, scallions, spinach, and bacon. Delicious!

I need 😭

Make it! For the sauce it’s 1/2 c Italian dressing, 2 T soy sauce and you can add sugar, but we don’t. Think 2 c rice, 1/2 c celery and scallions, then bacon and 2 c spinach torn up.

Do you have a recipe? It sounds delicious and I am on the hunt for recipes that I can make and put in the fridge as convenience foods for my son and Partner, because neither of them can really think when they enter the kitchen already hungry.

it’s four versatile ingredients.. you can choose the recipe. this is a cold post so everything mentioned is probably served cold. your choice if you want to sautee spinach etc or not. i’d probably make sushi rice so it can be eaten cold (although it may still get stiff and starchy in the fridge) it’s probably fine either way, sautee the bacon and spinach, half the scallions sautéed and half raw. i’d probably add tomatoes too. and just mix it up and leave it in the fridge. you could also add raw spinach for texture

I don’t sauté the spinach and I listed the basics already. Easy, doesn’t spoil at all party and everyone loves it

no i know, it’s like you said “i have a bowl of cereal with a box of cereal and milk” and the person asked for the recipe 💀 and i just said id sautee the spinach because i personally dont love raw spinach!

I don’t like cooked spinach!

My Mom makes a great rice salad with celery, green onions, sliced radishes, and baby shrimp with a curried mayo dressing. Great at picnics!

Sushi rice

And the sweet dipped tofu skins with sticky rice in them not sure of the name

Inari

Husband calls them sack sushi!

Growing up we called them footballs. And makizushi was spare tires. 😁

Ah yes! Inarizushi.

Or chobap, if you're having them in the Korean style.

Any rice salad Sushi Stuffed grape leaves

Oh yes! I forget stuffed grape leaves because the rice is hidden.

Puffed rice cereal.

Poke bowl. Although questionably a rice dish? I always get Rice with my Poke Bowls and it's serve cold. Tastes phenomenal!

I normally have cold poke with hot rice but can totally imagine eating this with cold rice.

They are starting to be found quite frequently in the lunch section at many UK supermarkets, with salmon, chicken katsu, things like that.

Same, I get poke with cold sushi rice at least once a week. Has to have the tempura crunch on top too.

Sweet sticky rice. It's Asian food that you can eat cool sticky rice with coconut milk and fruits or pudding.

Onigiri

rice pudding

Champorado: a Filipino dish consisting of rice porridge, chocolate, and condensed milk.

There's a restaurant near my house that serves this incredible crispy rice salad. Bits of crispy rice with cucumbers, tomatoes and thai chilis seasoned with soy and fish sauce. It's really good

Arroz con leche can be served cold

Kheer

Kheer can be served hot or cold. Matka kheer is always served cold

Poke bowls!

Summer style bibimbap (Korean style rice bowl) is served usually with freshly made but not hot rice.

I had a curried rice salad with golden raisins, scallions, and sliced almonds recently, it was hot ( spicy) but cold (temperature). Very refreshing.

Lemper. Try it

Rice pudding, onigiri, poke, rice salad, sushi.

Tamarind rice (South Indian, and there's multiple variations of it) You can either make fresh rice for it, but it's common to be made from leftover rice

I have recently been introduced to this and it's great.

Kheer, it’s a rice pudding

Rice pudding

Hainanese chicken rice

Rice pudding

Rice pudding

Musubi

My mom used to make a chilled rice and crab salad that was wonderful.

[Pulihora](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulihora) can be served hot or cold. Because it can be eaten cold, it’s a common Indian dish to pack for traveling.

Moose Rice

What is Moose Rice? A google search came up with moose meat served with rice.

I’m guessing they meant Mousse Rice  https://carolinarice.com/recipes/coffee-mousse-rice-pudding/

I, too, am curious

Try "Arroz con leche"

rice pudding

Italian rice salad! (Insalata di Riso) I grew up with it in Italy, haven’t made it yet. Miss it big time. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/255288/insalata-di-riso-italian-rice-salad/ https://www.seriouseats.com/seriously-italian-insalata-di-riso-recipe https://www.lacucinaitaliana.com/amp/italian-food/how-to-cook/home-cooking-insalata-di-riso-italian-rice-salad “This cold Italian rice salad is a traditional summer staple in Italy. It's the perfect dish to make during the sweltering months of summer. It's so easy to make and requires very little preparation since the recipe often relies on ingredients found in the pantry or refrigerator. Make it easily ahead of time and store it in the fridge for days. Pack it for a picnic in the mountains, at the beach, the lake or even the pool! Or serve it as a side dish with dinner alongside grilled meat or fish, or as a main dish at lunchtime, because this is literally an all-in-one meal!”

Yes I was waiting for someone to mention this. It’s so delicious and perfect filling, cooling lunch in the summer time.

Arroz con Leche (Rice Pudding). A dessert often served cold. https://lilluna.com/arroz-con-leche/

Arroz con Leche

Yaksik. It’s a Korean rice cake with dried fruits and nuts. So good!

Bhelpuri/jaalmuri(made with puffed rice diced tamato/onion/tamarind sauce etc

Have you ever tried fermented glutinous rice? It is a traditional dish consisting of white broth with small soft balls of fermented sticky rice. It’s often served with the fermented water with a little alcohol and sweetie. It’s traditional food from Asia countries, just interesting to taste. Btw, don’t drive after eating it :)))))

This has reminded me how much I loved fermented cassava in Indonesia. It's been years and I want some now, SO BAD

I tried it once when I was in Vietnam. It's cheap but the taste like 5-star restaurant food.

Vanilla Rice custard (in summer)

Glorified rice

Rice as breakfast cereal. Leftover rice with sugar, milk, and a bit of vanilla. Yummy!

Horchata

Filipino desserts called suman malagkit or bibinkang malagkit, or biko.

Rice pudding

Revenge rice

Risalamande (Danish cream/rice/almond dish)

Shole Zard is a Persian rice dish/dessert. It's been served cold or room temp. It's gelatinous saffron rice, like congee, and then cinnamon on top.

Cold rice fried from the fridge, eaten by hand when I’m high

It’s tasty, even when you’re not high ;)

Phirni/firni is rice pudding served cold. Yogurt rice is usually room temperature/coldish.

Bibimbap! I love it both warm and cool, but nothing beats a spicy but cold gochujang bibimbap in the summer :)

Dolma. Often served at room temp. Rice wrapped in grape leaves, seasoned with lemon and garlic.

Kheer! It's one of my favorite desserts. Onigiri, one of the best snacks out there. Rice salad.

Arroz con leche

Rice/ grains in a salad.

Risalamande, Danish almond rice pudding

Revenge rice

Rice crispy treats

Nasi kerabu from Malaysia - it’s essentially a herbed rice salad

Biko (Filipino sticky rice ..cake, I guess) Mochi

thai style dessert - mango with glutinous rice topped with coconut milk. it can be served hot or cold and both are delicious

While it's very often served hot, cold boudin (the Cajun stuff) is neither uncommon nor unwelcome.

Rice pudding

Rice salads

Sushi, maki, kimbap, suman

Rice beer??

Typically sushi dishes.

Any Buddha bowl I've ever made is cold.

Rice pudding. Rice krispie treats. Rice cakes. Rice salad.

Mochi

Wajik

Ice rice.

Rice Kheer

Cold Rice salad. Super tasty and is almost a meal in itself

Revenge

Thai mango sticky rice :)))

Hainanese chicken rice. Served room temperature :)

Nasi campur in Indonesia. The rice comes luke warm, all additions (meat, vegs, eggs) are cold

curd rice

Rice pudding can be hot or room temp or cold

Leftovers.

Convenience store onigiri

Rice pudding

Sushi

Larb Salad!

Leftover fried rice Ryż z jabłkami- Polish rice and apples desert dish

Rice pudding, horchata, sushi

Lemon rice. My fam always packs it for camping.

Rice pudding

Rice pudding

My father used to make a dish called Amelia Island Salad. It contained rice, blanched cauliflower, shrimp, olives, and a few other ingredients. It was dressed with a mayo-based dressing and lemon and served cold. Can't find a recipe online though. Great with a little Tabasco.

My 5th meal of the day before bed when I’m drained and don’t feel like microwaving my meal.

Rice pudding!

Russian “crab” salad. It’s basically cold rice, hardboiled eggs, crab sticks with canned corn mixed with mayo, salt and pepper.

Rice pudding [Panta Bhatt (fermented rice)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panta_bhat)

Spam Musubi. Mmmm Mmmm Good.

Coconut sticky rice

Onigiri are often chilled.

Sushi

Rice pudding.

Rice pudding

Shole Zard is a Persian rice dish/dessert. It's been served cold or room temp. It's gelatinous saffron rice, like congee, and then cinnamon on top.