Crisp soy chicken biryani and blackberry rice pudding: Yotam Ottolenghi's comforting rice recipes

Cantonese soy chicken but cooked in a crusty-topped baked rice, and a crackly-topped cinnamon and lemon rice pudding with blackberries I could eat my own body weight in pasta, but when I want to dial up the comfort in my cooking, I usually turn to rice. The grain's ability to absorb and soak up whatever it's cooked with, plumping up and softening in the process, makes it hit the spot so reliably. All the different types of rice, all the various cooking options, sweet or savoury ... the sheer ver...