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Thanks Shoba...that's what I wanted to know... pacharisi for making pongal...:)

hi shoba
is our pacchai arisi & thai jasmine rice the same ?because here each time i ask for pacchai arisi at our indian grocery store they give me thai jasmine rice :(
and when i insisted for pacchai arisi from india , they said that they dont import it & moreover the thai jasmine rice & pacchai arisi were the same ! is it true? can i use thai jasmine rice to make aappams?

shreya

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Originally Posted by shreya23

hi shoba
is our pacchai arisi & thai jasmine rice the same ?because here each time i ask for pacchai arisi at our indian grocery store they give me thai jasmine rice :(
and when i insisted for pacchai arisi from india , they said that they dont import it & moreover the thai jasmine rice & pacchai arisi were the same ! is it true? can i use thai jasmine rice to make aappams?

shreya

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Yes, Shreya, you can use Thai Jasmine rice for appams. It comes out well.

I suppose the Indian paccharisi would differ from their Thai counter parts in a 'botanical' sort of way...but suffice it to say that Thai rice gives good results for Indian recipes calling for the use of pachcharisi.

Shoba

Hi,

Can anyone pls let me know where I can find dhalia/broken wheat in singapore... Shoba,any suggestions on this?...

thanks shoba :D

shreya

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Originally Posted by dev

Hi,

Can anyone pls let me know where I can find dhalia/broken wheat in singapore... Shoba,any suggestions on this?...

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Dev, I found them in Mustaffa, where the sooji/ragi/kadala maavu etc etc are kept. Also RN Trading (cambell lane) quite sometime back.

Shoba

Hi Shoba,

Thanks for the info...I too bought it from Mustafa sometime back...but these days they don't seem to stock it... I visited Mustafa twice especially for this...:(
Will try at RN trading...

Hi,

I got the brown Basmati rice by mistake.
I tried making pulavo like the regular white basmati rice.I tried using water ,rice in the ratio 2:1 in the electric rice cooker..it was not cooked properly.So cooked again in the pressure cooker for 4 whistles.
Does anybody know what is the dirrefence bwtn WHITE and BROWN basmati rice and what is the propotion of water :rice to cook it.

Thanks

Texmati, or brown basmati rice, is a cross between long-grain brown rice and basmati rice.

Brown Basmati is more nutritious than White Basmati Rice. I have never cooked brown basmati in the rice cooker - but I generally cook 1 cup of rice with 2 cups of water for 30 - 45 minutes on the stovetop which yields about 3 cups of cooked rice. If you are using a pressure cooker, 30 mins should do.

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