Rice is used to make a number of items, outside of the traditional bowl of plain white rice.

In Singapore and Malaysia, Marmite is popularly added to plain rice congee to give it a strong, salty flavour.

The largest plain in the country and produces most of the country's rice supply, earning itself the nickname " Rice Bowl of the Philippines ".

Chinese restaurants often serve long-grain as plain unseasoned steamed rice though short-grain rice is common as well.

Known as lap cheong by Cantonese, in Thailand it is most often used, again, as an ingredient for a Thai salad, yam kun chiang, one that is normally only eaten together with khao tom kui, a plain rice congee.

* Hinomaru bento () is the name for a bento consisting of plain white rice with an umeboshi in the centre.

Onigiri is made with plain rice ( sometimes lightly salted ), while sushi is made of rice with vinegar, sugar and salt.

The original swamp forests have almost entirely been removed as the plain has been converted to rice paddies, other agriculture, and urban areas like the massive Bangkok, and much of the wildlife that once inhabited these plains has disappeared including a large number of fish in the river systems, birds such as vultures, the Oriental Darter, White-eyed River Martin ( Pseudochelidon sirintarae ) and the Sarus Crane and animals such as tigers, Asian elephants, Javan Rhinoceroses and the much-hunted Schomburgk's Deer.

In 1954, after some experimentation by CSIRO and based on previous successful rice crops, a joint Australia-U. S. company called Territory Rice Ltd. was formed with a plan to irrigate the subcoastal plain of the Adelaide River in order to commercially produce rice.

Because of its mountainous landscape, rice farming is done mostly in the Izumo plain where the city of Izumo is located.

It is served with ketan cake ( jadah ) or plain rice.

The largest coastal plain is the contiguous wetlands of Viga, Panganiban and Bagamanoc over which lays the widest area of rice paddies and nipa mangroves.

This primarily agricultural province is the rice and corn granary of Luzon due to its plain and rolling terrain.

The region contains the largest plain in the country and produces most of the country's rice supply, earning itself the nickname " Rice Granary of the Philippines ".

The province is mostly a plain covered with rice fields, only in the north and east are small hills.

The west part of the province is the low river plain of the Bang Pa Kong River, which is used extensively for farming rice.

The southeastern part with the very low plain of the Tha Cheen river is paddy rice farming area.

It sits on the fertile western Honam plain where much rice is harvested.

The plain supports the agriculture of the region, and is a major center of rice and pears, as well as grapes in the sandy areas near the Sea of Japan coast.

Lauda's helmet originally was a plain red with his full name written on the sides and the Raiffeisen Bank logo in the chin area.

The noseband is similar to the plain cavesson in that the top part encircles the nose 1-2 inches below the cheekbone, but it also includes a second strap that runs from the cavesson, around the nose in front of the bit and under the chin groove, then coming back around to the cavesson.

An example is Thai " to be able ", spelled sǎamaarth ( from Sanskrit समर ् थ samartha ) but pronounced, with a silent r and a plain t that is represented using an aspirated consonant.

The plateau uplifted from an extensive plain composed of remnants of the Cimmerian microcontinent, and terranes such as the Shan – Thai Terrane, either late in the Pleistocene or early in the Holocene Epoch, approximately Year 1 of the Holocene calendar.

Four Homo erectus fossil skull fragments found in northern Thailand's Hat Pudui cave ( Ko Kha District, Lampang Province ) by Thai paleontologists Somsak Pramankij and Vadhana Subhavanin, were in deposits dating from the mid-Pleistocene era, which was before the Khorat Plateau had uplifted from an extensive plain.

In Thai cuisine, the leaves of the Corchorus olitorius ( locally known as bai po ; ) are eaten blanched, together with plain rice congee.

Other foods can be added ( for example a pasta sauce ) or the noodles are added to other foods ( see fried noodles ) or the noodles can be served plain with a dipping sauce or oil to be added at the table.

While the noodles are often eaten plain, or with chopped scallions, in some localities people top them with tempura.

In Canada, Hong Kong style chow mein is similar to plain chow mein but is always served on a bed of deep-fried crunchy golden egg noodles.

Laksa is popular in Singapore and Malaysia, as are laksa yong tau foo, lobster laksa, and even plain laksa, with just noodles and gravy.

In the case of bibim naengmyeon, a bowl of the soup broth used in mul naengmyeon or plain broth from the boiled noodles itself are often served on the side.

Another popular hotdish is the tuna hotdish, made with Kraft macaroni and cheese or plain noodles, canned tuna, peas, and mushroom soup.

But plain old bean soup, served daily since the turn of the century ( at the insistence of the late Sen. Fred Dubois of Idaho ), made clear to the citizenry that the Senate's stomach was in the right place.

Traditionally, this dessert will be served with milk perfumed with orange flower water, or it can be served plain with buttermilk in a bowl as a cold light soup for supper.

Recent animal studies have shown that sweet potatoes, if consumed plain and in modest amounts ( i. e., the opposite of how they are served in traditional soul food dishes ), can stabilize blood sugar levels and lower insulin resistance.

The tea is served ice-cold and plain but may also be flavored, traditionally with raspberry, lemon or mint.

Situated in the Ararat plain, the historic lands of Armenia, it served as the best logical choice for capital of the young republic at the time.

It can be sliced and deep-fried, then served with plain yogurt, ( optionally ) topped with a tomato and garlic sauce, such as in the Turkish dish patlıcan kızartması ( meaning: fried aubergines ) or without yogurt as in patlıcan şakşuka.

One may also sometimes find plain steamed chicken feet served with a vinegar dipping sauce.

Veterans of the Roman legions who had served Julius Caesar in his Nile campaigns, at the end of fifteen years of soldiering, were given plots of land to cultivate on the plain of Nîmes.

When served, it is plain most of the time.

In this form, the Hot Bar can be prepared according to any particular vendor's ' secret ' recipe: plain, mixed with vegetables such as diced carrot or whole perilla leaf, or served with any number of sauces or condiments such as ketchup or mustard.

Hot dogs may be served plain, but are commonly served with a variety of condiments, including ketchup, mustard, chile con carne, pickle relish, sauerkraut, onion, mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, cheese, and chili peppers.

Raw thinly sliced shallot and plain sambal are often served as condiments

They are served plain with the sugar already added to the batter to sweeten them.

One soup spoon of plain yogurt is added on top, as typically served in Azerbaijan.

While souvlaki / kalamaki is eaten plain on hand as a fast food, it is also served as a full plate, served with fried potatoes, vegetables, sauce, and quartered pita bread.

Further, this area served as a hub for trade with the interior, in the Gangetic plain:

At parties, play dates, picnics, day care centres, preschools and excursions, low-sugar squashes are usually the only options served to children alongside plain water, and UK family pantries often only contain low-sugar squash.

It can be served plain or with either sweet or savory condiments: apple butter, ketchup, jelly, maple syrup, honey, or mustard.