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A bag of Ponni Rice. Ponni rice is a variety of rice developed by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in 1986. It is widely cultivated in Tamil Nadu, a state in India and is a hybrid variety of Taichung 65 and Myang Ebos 6080/2. [1] Since the Kaveri River is also called 'Ponni' in Tamil literature, the rice could have been named after the river ...
Parboiled rice Woman preparing parboiled rice in Nigeria Prepared parboiled rice. Parboiled rice, also called converted rice, easy-cook rice, [1] sella rice, and miniket (as predominantly called in West Bengal and Odisha in India, and in Bangladesh) is rice that has been partially boiled in the husk.
Dal may be cooked with rice to make khichadi. Whole beans are cooked as is or more popularly soaked in water until sprouted. Unlike Chinese cuisine, the beans are allowed to grow for only a day or two. Curries made out of sprouted beans are called usal and form an important source of proteins. [41]
Matta rice is traditionally double cooked. [citation needed] The rice is washed in a large pan and left to soak from 1 hour to overnight. The rice is drained and simmered with 4 to 8 parts water for 30 minutes. It is then covered and left for 15–20 minutes. The rice is then salted and boiled for another 15–20 minutes or until cooked.
Cooked rice refers to rice that has been cooked either by steaming or boiling. The terms steamed rice or boiled rice are also commonly used. Any variant of Asian rice (both Indica and Japonica varieties), African rice or wild rice , glutinous or non-glutinous, long-, medium-, or short-grain, of any colour, can be used.
Flattened rice is a preparation of rice made from raw, toasted, or parboiled rice grains pounded into flat flakes. [1] It is traditional to many rice-cultivating cultures in Southeast Asia and South Asia. [2] It is also known as rice flakes, [3] beaten rice, pounded rice, pressed rice [2] or chipped rice.
Sona masuri (IET No. 7244, BPT 3291, also spelled sona masoori or sona mahsuri) is a lightweight and aromatic medium-grain rice, [1] which is the result of a cross combination of the sona and masuri rice varieties. It is grown largely in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, and is used primarily in South ...
It is a low yielding rice (1.9 ton/ha). The grains are short (5.5 mm) and wide (2.2 mm) compared to the well known basmati rice. Both varieties have similar degree of fragrance. [4] The variety is therefore included in the class of Aromatic rice such as Basmati. [5] The short cooked grains have a tendency to break easily and stick together.