Topic suggested by NOV on Thu Jan 21 21:02:09 .
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Rice - The staple diet of billions in the East. Unimaginable to live without it, even for a single day. Eaten steamed, boiled, crushed, ground....
Thrown at you at your wedding and also used for the last rites, the Indians have even deified it as Annapoorna!

Discussions and recipes are welcomed.

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• From: u no hu (@ 144.49.154.45) on: Mon Jul 24 10:20:21 EDT 2000
  
  NOV :-) nalla saapaadu !!!
  what is siamese polished rice? I thought that "basmati" is the most expensive rice!!!
  anyway!
  
  Long Grain rice - ("Pachai Arisi") - similar to basmati
  "Kutharisi" - similar to parboiled rice, but it has more vitamin B ("Thavidu" is the reason).
  
  "Samba Arisi" - don't know the english name. It's mainly used for briyaani, because it doesn't stick to gether regardless of how well you cook it. !
  
  basmati itself has so many varites with different price tag!
  
  There are more to the list, but I can't recollect. Special rice used to make the flour, rice used to make "pongal" etc. Atlast I know something!!!
  
  
• From: karthikeyan (@ 203.190.136.98) on: Mon Aug 13 02:12:39
  
  can u tell me what is the difference between
  
  pulungal arisi and
  pacha arisi
  
  
  which one is used regularky in cooking at our homes ??? which one is easy to digest and more polished ...enakku romba avasarama indha info vaenum ...dayavusenju udhavi seyunnga
  
  
  
  
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• From: Rebecca (@ 192.60.145.81) on: Tue Sep 9 14:13:11 EDT 2003
  
  hi. i am new to cooking can anybody teach me how to make keerai...?
  
  
• From: keerai (@ 212.160.128.166) on: Fri Oct 3 16:46:05 EDT 2003
  
  Rebecca ...just eat it raw, that is good for health.. But wash it before eating :)
  
  

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