Fresh rice needs two hours minimum to chill adequately, but it can be prepared up to three days in advance and kept refrigerated. To chill the rice, fluff with a fork, then spread on the baking sheet.

While that cools, your cake batter — melted butter, semolina flour, sugar, plain yogurt and baking soda — goes into your trusty 9x13 baking dish for a quick bake in a 400 degree oven.

By CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL, Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street. Nigerian fried rice, seasoned with curry powder, dried thyme and a handful of aromatics, inspired this weeknight-easy meal-in-a-skillet.