Cook-up rice is a comforting Caribbean one-pot of rice, vegetables and pigeon peas, cooked with coconut milk. Similar to a biryani, it's full of texture, colour and flavour. Tip the rice into a ...

The next time you make rice, cook an extra cupful or so of the grains; leftover rice keeps for several days in the fridge, and it also freezes well. It can be any kind of long- or short-grain rice.

Add the spices, saffron and bay leaves and cook for a couple more minutes. The spices will give a wonderful fragrant flavour to the rice. Add the rice and stir until the grains are coated in the ...