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Possible stupid question about rice.
I usually just buy Long Grain Rice, but accidentally picked up Basmati rice in the supermarket yesterday, so,
What's the difference between the two please? |
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Basmati is a long grain rice from India. It is ideally a pudding rice.
It is fragrant and doesn't tend to stick. |
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Basmati is a long grain rice from India. It is ideally a pudding rice.
It is fragrant and doesn't tend to stick. You can serve basmati rice with curries, you can make salads with it. It's pretty amazing rice, I use it all the time. |
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Basmati is not a pudding rice, sorry Stud.
You can serve basmati rice with curries, you can make salads with it. It's pretty amazing rice, I use it all the time. To you personally, it is ideally a savoury rice. I use it for making laksa, mango lassi and rice pudding. |
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I said it was ideally a pudding rice. I didn't say it was. Ideally means that it is an ideology. A thought process of cooking something.
To you personally, it is ideally a savoury rice. I use it for making laksa, mango lassi and rice pudding. Maybe you meant "ideologically"rather than ideally. OP - Basmati is ideal for dishes requiring long, unsticky and fragrent rice grains when cooked - almost always savoury completely agree with Queenshaks |
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That has got to be one of the strangest posts I have read here!!!
Maybe you meant "ideologically"rather than ideally. OP - Basmati is ideal for dishes requiring long, unsticky and fragrent rice grains when cooked - almost always savoury
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I usually just buy Long Grain Rice, but accidentally picked up Basmati rice in the supermarket yesterday, so,
What's the difference between the two please? |
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I use it for making laksa,mango lassi and rice pudding.
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I usually just buy Long Grain Rice, but accidentally picked up Basmati rice in the supermarket yesterday, so,
What's the difference between the two please?
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I usually just buy Long Grain Rice, but accidentally picked up Basmati rice in the supermarket yesterday, so,
What's the difference between the two please? |
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Basmati is not a pudding rice, sorry Stud.
You can serve basmati rice with curries, you can make salads with it. It's pretty amazing rice, I use it all the time. |
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I never buy standard long grain rice, always basmati.
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You can use Basmati Rice to make Kheer
My mum makes kheer with pudding rice which a short, fat rice. |
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I said it was ideally a pudding rice. I didn't say it was. Ideally means that it is an ideology. A thought process of cooking something.
To you personally, it is ideally a savoury rice. I use it for making laksa, mango lassi and rice pudding. And though you can use basmati for kheer (rice pudding) I would have to agree with queensharks that then generally you use a short high starch pudding rice where as basmati is better know for being a long grain low starch rice. |
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I have to say that I have NEVER heard of putting rice in lassi of any type.
And though you can use basmati for kheer (rice pudding) I would have to agree with queensharks that then generally you use a short high starch pudding rice where as basmati is better know for being a long grain low starch rice. Put in basmati rice and it comes up with gems like: Ooh, I love basmatie rice, it's the best rice to make a risotto. Or: I always put some basmati rice in my shepherd's pie. |
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Basmati rice should be cooked by the absorption method and not washed either before or after cooking. It then retains the slightly nutty flavour and attractive aroma it has.
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I said it was ideally a pudding rice. I didn't say it was. Ideally means that it is an ideology. A thought process of cooking something.
To you personally, it is ideally a savoury rice. I use it for making laksa, mango lassi and rice pudding. A short-grain rice is traditionally used for rice pudding. |
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Basmati rice should be cooked by the absorption method and not washed either before or after cooking. It then retains the slightly nutty flavour and attractive aroma it has.
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Basmati rice should be cooked by the absorption method and not washed either before or after cooking. It then retains the slightly nutty flavour and attractive aroma it has.
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I'll have to say AFAIK, my family has been washing before cooking for generations.
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Basmati rice should be cooked by the absorption method and not washed either before or after cooking. It then retains the slightly nutty flavour and attractive aroma it has.
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Always rinse my basmati until the water runs clear.
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Basmati is nice with chilli
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I rinse it, cook it, drain it. Perfect every time.
I used to use 'gma' as my username. we've had a few chats over the years.
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I'll have to say AFAIK, my family has been washing before cooking for generations.
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