Basmati (Tamil: பாஸ்மதி, Hindi: बासमती, Kannada: ಭಾಸ್ಮತಿ, Urdu: باسمتی, Telugu: బాస్మతి,Bengali: বাসমতী) is a variety of long grain rice grown in India and Pakistan, notable for itsfragrance and delicate, nuanced flavour. Its name means "the fragrant one" in Sanskrit, but it can also mean "the soft rice," and the word coincidently means "my smile" in Arabic. India is the largest cultivator and exporter of this rice, followed by Pakistan; it is primarily grown through paddy field farming in the Punjab region.
The grains of basmati rice are longer than most other types of rice. Cooked grains of Basmati rice are characteristically free flowing rather than sticky, as with most long-grain rice. Cooked basmati rice can be uniquely identified by its fragrance. Basmati rice is available in two varieties: white and brown.
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