About Basmati Rice

Rice is one of the most lovingly savored dish all over the world. For rice lovers like me, only the word rice is enough to make the mouth water! There are many types of rice. Though one might not get a chance to taste all the varieties of rice, but one variety of rice that all rice lovers should taste is the basmati rice!

Basmati is one of the long grain varieties of rice grown mainly in India. It has delicious fragrance which fills the entire house when you cook it. It has a unique flavor which is rarely found in other rice types. There are many varieties of basmati rice available, all of them are long grained. Another unique feature of basmati rice is that it does not sticky like most of the other long grained rice varieties. Talking about basmati rice nutrition, 1 cup of cooked basmati rice contains 205 calories, 44.5 gm carbohydrates, 4.2 gm protein, 1.9 mg iron and 0.44 gm fat. The glycemic index of basmati rice is 58. Brown basmati rice contains about 3 gm of fiber whereas white basmati rice has about 1 gm fiber. So basmati rice is quite healthy to eat. Now that the question 'what is basmati rice' has been answered, let us see how to cook it.

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