Ponni Rice

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We provide optimum quality Thanjavur Ponni Rice, medium grain rice that becomes soft and long when cooked. We are well reckoned as one of the prominent Wholesale Ponni Rice Suppliers. Our Ponni Parboiled Rice is highly appreciated for taste, aroma and quality. Sweet nature of our Ponni Raw Rice makes it perfect for the preparation of delicious South Indian food like Sakkara Pongal, Lemon Rice, Puliyotharai etc.

Ponni Rice is a variety of rice developed by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in 1986. It is widely cultivated in India and is a hybrid variety of Taichung65 and Myang Ebos 6080/2

Thanjavur Ponni Rice (Grain Rice):
This is thin, medium grain rice without any chalky rice.

• This rice is a popular variety of South India. The rice when cooked is soft and separate and swells / expands only lengthwise resulting in long, thin grains.

• Year of notification was in 1989.


• This paddy variety takes about 135-140 days to grow.


• The plant height is tall (130-135 cm).


• The grain is fine, white, and resistant to rice tungru virus, moderately resistance to brown spot & blast.


• Its yield is 45 quintals per hectare.