Basmati Rice

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Characterized by flavor as well as fragrance, White Basmati Rice is long grain rice. Today, we are counted among the dominant Cooking Basmati Rice Importers and Long Grain Basmati Rice Exporters. White Basmati Rice offered by us is in huge demand for high nutrient level and aroma. Each grain of our White Basmati Rice cooks up into a long, fluffy and slender grain. We offer White Basmati Rice at very affordable prices at a very brisk pace.

Flavour

Basmati rice has a typical pandan-like (Pandanus amaryllifolius leaf) flavour caused by the aroma compound 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline [1].

Varieties and Hybrids

A number of varieties of basmati rice exist. Traditional ones include Basmati-370, Basmati-385 and Basmati-Ranbirsinghpura(R.S.Pura), while hybrid basmati varieties include Pusa Basmati 1 (also called 'Todal', because the flower has awns). Fragrant rices that are derived from basmati stock but are not considered true basmati varieties include PB2 (also called sugandh-2), PB3 and RH-10.

Scientists at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi took the traditional basmati and genetically modified it to produce a hybrid which had most of the good features of traditional basmati (grain elongation, fragrance, alkali content) and the plant was a semi-dwarf type. This basmati was called Pusa Basmati-1. PB1 crop yield is higher than the traditional varieties (up to twice as much).