Original Indian Basmati Rice

Basmati, meaning ‘Queen of Fragrance’ is a variety of long grain rice, famous for its fragrance and delicate flavour. It is a variety of long grain rice which is traditionally from India. Indian basmati Rice is famous world-wide for its quality and aroma. This rice is different from other rice mainly due to the aroma and elongation post cooking. No other rice has this combined characteristic. The post cooking elongation of more than twice its original length, the aroma and its sweet taste has made basmati rice a delicacy. Basmati rice has a typical pandan-like (Pandanus Fascicularis leaf) flavour caused by the aroma compound 2 acetyl-1-pyrromati, the highly aromatic rice is nature's gift to the Indian sub-continent and it is India's gift to the whole world.