What is basmati rice?
#159425 - 03/10/05 07:43 PM
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Lana_Marie
Reged: 01/31/03
Posts: 1968
Loc: Saskatchewan. Canada
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I have a sweet rice that I use for rice pudding and it turns out super yummy.
Then I have white rice as well as wild rice. What is basmati? Am I missing out on something really good here LOL
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Basmati rice is GOOD rice 
I never use regular white anymore - I use Jasmine or Basmati. I find mine in bulk in the health food section of my grocery store. Sometimes I will use some Japanese sushi rice when I feel like a real sticky one. I use that when I make the cucumbers with vinegar and sugar that are in Heather's Eating for IBS cookbook.
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UUmmm... basmati is so yummy!! I JUST ate some with dinner...
basmati rice Pronunciation: bahs-MAH-tee Notes: This aromatic, long-grain rice is grown in the foothills of the Himalayas and is especially popular in India. The cooked grains are dry and fluffy, so they make a nice bed for curries and sauces. Basmati is available as either white or brown rice. Brown basmati has more fiber and a stronger flavor, but it takes twice as long to cook. Aged basmati rice is better, but more expensive. Equivalents: One cup dried rice yields three cups cooked rice. Substitutes: popcorn rice (slightly milder than basmati) OR jasmine rice ( has shorter grain than basmati, somewhat stickier; cooks slightly faster) OR long-grain rice (less expensive) OR wild pecan rice
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ditto
#159534 - 03/11/05 06:05 AM
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I use jasmine almost exclusively but sometimes basmati if I am making Indian. I buy jasmine rice in 25# sacks as we eat so much of it. It makes it really cheap.
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