basmati
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thumb|250px|White basmati rice cooked with Burmese fish mint Basmati () is a variety of long, slender-grained aromatic rice which originates from the Indian subcontinent, mainly in the regions of Punjab, Haryana, Sindh and many other states and provinces of India and Pakistan. , India accounted for 65% of the international trade in basmati rice, while Pakistan accounted for the remaining 35%. Many countries use domestically grown basmati rice crops; however, basmati is geographically exclusive to certain districts of India and Pakistan.
Key facts
- Cultivar.name
- Basmati rice
- Cultivar.image
- Khyma and Basmati rice.jpg
- Cultivar.image_caption
- Brown short-grain rice (left) compared to brown basmati rice (right)
- Cultivar.species
- Oryza sativa
- Cultivar.group
- Basmati
- Cultivar.cultivar
- Basmati Sal, Basmati 370
- Cultivar.origin
- Indian subcontinent
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Nutrition · Open Food Facts
Typical values per 100 g · averaged across 16 products
- Energy
- 288 kcal
- Fat
- 0.6 g
- — of which saturates
- 0 g
- Carbohydrates
- 64.4 g
- — of which sugars
- 0 g
- Fibre
- 1.1 g
- Protein
- 6.3 g
- Salt
- 0.02 g
via Open Food Facts · ODbL
Wikidata facts
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- Basmati Rice Kolkata 2011-02-11 1054.JPG
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- Basmati rice
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Article
23 sectionsContents
- History and etymology
- Etymology
- History
- Production and cultivation
- In India
- In Pakistan
- In Indonesia
- In Nepal
- In Sri Lanka
- Aroma and flavour
- Glycemic index
- Varieties and hybrids
- Approved varieties
- Dehradun Basmati (Indian)
- Indian varieties
- Pakistani varieties
- Related varieties from around the world
- Basmati certification
- Adulteration
- Patent battle
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|250px|White basmati rice cooked with Burmese fish mint Basmati () is a variety of long, slender-grained aromatic rice which originates from the Indian subcontinent, mainly in the regions of Punjab, Haryana, Sindh and many other states and provinces of India and Pakistan. , India accounted for 65% of the international trade in basmati rice, while Pakistan accounted for the remaining 35%. Many countries use domestically grown basmati rice crops; however, basmati is geographically exclusive to certain districts of India and Pakistan.
According to the Indian Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), a rice variety is eligible to be called basmati if it has a minimum average precooked milled rice length of and average precooked milled rice breadth of up to , among other parameters.